Dalton Kincaid or George Kittle: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Dalton Kincaid at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price George Kittle at 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Kincaid: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 164.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 118.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 69 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against HOU he caught 5 of 6 targets for 130 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, George Kittle has been on the field for 47 percent of SF snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 4 of 4 targets for 80 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 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.

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.

Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 that year and George Kittle TE13.

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 Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 47 percent.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.