Should I start Dalton Kincaid or Dallas Goedert in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 4:51 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 9 verdict
Start Dallas Goedert over Dalton Kincaid
Goedert projects lower, 10.9 to 11.1, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 121 for Goedert, 158 for Kincaid.
- Market projects
- 10.8
- recent weeks avg
- NYG D vs TE
- 12.5
- 16th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 67%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 17%
- 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 Dallas Goedert: 76 percent of the snaps and 21 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 Dallas Goedert for Dalton Kincaid?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Kincaid projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 9 games), Dallas Goedert 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dallas Goedert over Dalton Kincaid. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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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.
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
TE20 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 114
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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 Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dallas Goedert, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
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.
The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Dalton Kincaid's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
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, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 11 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.
His 35 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.
In Week 6 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 61 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against WAS he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.
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 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.
He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Dallas Goedert was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 1.8 a game between them.
Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 that year and Dallas Goedert TE7.
Dallas Goedert had 33 more targets than Dalton Kincaid, 82 to 49.
Dallas Goedert had 20 more receiving yards than Dalton Kincaid, 591 to 571.
This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 67 percent.
This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 17 percent.
Byes and availability
Dalton Kincaid is off in Week 7 and Dallas Goedert in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dallas Goedert for Dalton Kincaid?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Kincaid projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 9 games), Dallas Goedert 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dallas Goedert over Dalton Kincaid. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Dallas Goedert?
No. Keep Dalton Kincaid: he projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 9 games), Dallas Goedert 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Dallas Goedert over Dalton Kincaid.
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