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Should I start Dalton Kincaid or Eli Raridon in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 10:21 AM ET.

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Start Dalton Kincaid: 66 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Eli Raridon's 68 percent of the snaps and 14 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 Eli Raridon 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), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 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.

Dalton Kincaid

TE18 · BUF · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
10.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
114

Eli Raridon

TE20 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
117

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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 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 117th 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 Eli Raridon is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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 66 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, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 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.

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

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

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Dalton Kincaid is off in Week 7 and Eli Raridon in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Eli Raridon 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), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Eli Raridon?

    No. Keep Dalton Kincaid: he projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

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