Should I start Dalton Kincaid or Bryce Young in Week 8?
Updated Nov 2, 6:06 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Bryce Young: 94 percent of the snaps and 0 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 Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games), Dalton Kincaid 105 (11.7 a game over 9 games).
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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 · BUF · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 84
QB11 · CAR · bye 5
2026 vs pass yds line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 17.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 85
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The gap
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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 Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Bryce Young, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Dalton Kincaid, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Bryce Young, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 8
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.
Through Week 8, Bryce Young has been on the field for 95 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 296 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 50 of 296 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.
In Week 6 against PHI he completed 20 of 39 passes for 281 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 8 yards.
In Week 7 against TB he completed 14 of 27 passes for 163 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 9 yards.
In Week 8 against GB he completed 23 of 40 passes for 209 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025 Bryce Young played 16 games and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.
He threw for 3011 yards on 478 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.3 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Bryce Young was available for 4 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 3.8 a game between them.
Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 and Bryce Young QB19, which are two different ladders.
Dalton Kincaid is a tight end and Bryce Young a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Dalton Kincaid is off in Week 7 and Bryce Young in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Bryce Young?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bryce Young projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games), Dalton Kincaid 105 (11.7 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Bryce Young for Dalton Kincaid?
No. Keep Bryce Young: he projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games), Dalton Kincaid 105 (11.7 a game over 9 games).
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