Should I start Brock Bowers or Dalton Kincaid in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 4:41 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Brock Bowers: Listed Questionable (Calf) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Dalton Kincaid: Listed Questionable (Chest) (Sleeper injury feed)
Week 9 verdict
Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid
- Market projects
- 17.4
- recent weeks avg
- SF D vs TE
- 12.0
- 12th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 83%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 28%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 11.1
- recent weeks avg
- MIN D vs TE
- 6.9
- fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 8
Start Brock Bowers: 85 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Kincaid's 68 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Brock Bowers?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brock Bowers projects 132 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 8 games), Dalton Kincaid 105 (11.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
TE11 · LV · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 4-2
- Market-based projection
- 16.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 77
TE14 · BUF · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 94
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Bowers, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 32.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Brock Bowers's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Brock Bowers has been on the field for 83 percent of LV snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 23 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 36 two minute targets.
His 61 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.
In Week 6 against BUF he caught 4 of 9 targets for 70 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against LAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 73 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 7 of 10 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
Through Week 8, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 27 two minute targets.
His 35 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.
In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against LV he caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.
He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.
That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Dalton Kincaid played 12 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE20.
He caught 39 of 49 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.
That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Both were available for 12 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 4.2 a game between them.
Brock Bowers finished TE11 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.
Brock Bowers had 37 more targets than Dalton Kincaid, 86 to 49.
Brock Bowers had 109 more receiving yards than Dalton Kincaid, 680 to 571.
This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 68 percent.
This season Brock Bowers holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 18 percent.
Byes and availability
Brock Bowers is off in Week 13 and Dalton Kincaid in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Brock Bowers?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brock Bowers projects 132 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 8 games), Dalton Kincaid 105 (11.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
Should I drop Brock Bowers for Dalton Kincaid?
No. Keep Brock Bowers: he projects 132 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 8 games), Dalton Kincaid 105 (11.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
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