Cole Kmet or Dalton Kincaid: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cole Kmet: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Kincaid: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cole Kmet at 3.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The market has Dalton Kincaid at 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Dalton Kincaid's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 66 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cole Kmet played 16 games and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 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.

Cole Kmet was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Cole Kmet 4.9, 5.6 a game between them.

Cole Kmet finished TE36 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.

Dalton Kincaid had 1 more targets than Cole Kmet, 49 to 48.

Dalton Kincaid had 224 more receiving yards than Cole Kmet, 571 to 347.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 61 percent.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Dalton Kincaid is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Cole Kmet.

What would change the answer

Dalton Kincaid is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.