Should I start Dalton Kincaid or Dalton Schultz in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Schultz, and the board ranks him 119th 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 6 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 Schultz is 2.1 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 9

Through Week 9, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 66 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against MIN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 56 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 51 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 5 of 6 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 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 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 10.5 PPR points a game.

Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 that year and Dalton Schultz TE10.

Dalton Schultz had 57 more targets than Dalton Kincaid, 106 to 49.

Dalton Schultz had 206 more receiving yards than Dalton Kincaid, 777 to 571.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 56 percent.

This season Dalton Schultz holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Dalton Kincaid is off in Week 7 and Dalton Schultz in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.