Should I start George Kittle or Dalton Kincaid in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 4.6 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 Dalton Kincaid is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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.

George Kittle's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, George Kittle has been on the field for 78 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 1 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 5 of 8 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 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.

Dalton Kincaid was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 4.2 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.

George Kittle had 20 more targets than Dalton Kincaid, 69 to 49.

George Kittle had 57 more receiving yards than Dalton Kincaid, 628 to 571.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 66 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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