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Should I start Dalton Kincaid or David Njoku in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 1:16 AM ET.

Start Dalton Kincaid: 68 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against David Njoku's 33 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.

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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.

TE · BUF · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
12.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
262

TE · LAC · on bye this week

2025 vs rec yds line 3-9

Overall rank
289

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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 262nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on David Njoku, and the board ranks him 289th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 David Njoku, 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 so far

Through Week 6, 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 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, David Njoku has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 5 of 5 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 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 David Njoku played 12 games and scored 86.3 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing TE34.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 293 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 12 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and David Njoku 7.2, 3.3 a game between them.

Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 that year and David Njoku TE34.

Dalton Kincaid had 1 more targets than David Njoku, 49 to 48.

Dalton Kincaid had 278 more receiving yards than David Njoku, 571 to 293.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 33 percent.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Dalton Kincaid is listed as questionable on the injury report.

David Njoku is listed as ir on the injury report.

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