Should I start Dalton Kincaid or Hunter Henry in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 2:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Hunter Henry: Questionable to Out (Foot) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Hunter Henry: Listed Questionable (Foot) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Dalton Kincaid: Listed Questionable (Chest) (Sleeper injury feed)
Week 8 verdict
Start Hunter Henry over Dalton Kincaid
Wrong: 6.0 to 18.6
- Market projected
- 11.6
- pre-game
- MIA D vs TE
- 21.1
- 3rd most to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 16%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 6.0
- PPR pts

- Market projected
- 10.2
- pre-game
- BAL D vs TE
- 12.3
- 13th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 18%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 18.6
- PPR pts
Start Hunter Henry: 72 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Kincaid's 68 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.
Should I drop Hunter Henry 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), Hunter Henry 77 (9.6 a game over 8 games). Hunter Henry is listed out.
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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.
TE14 · BUF · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 97
TE15 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 2-6
- Market-based projection
- 11.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 100
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
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 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 100th 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 Hunter Henry 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.
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 68 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, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 73 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 31 two minute targets.
His 34 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 4 of 5 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against CHI he caught 7 of 7 targets for 71 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 30 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 Hunter Henry played 17 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE9.
He caught 60 of 87 targets for 768 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 22 red zone targets.
That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 12.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Hunter Henry 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 Hunter Henry TE9.
Hunter Henry had 38 more targets than Dalton Kincaid, 87 to 49.
Hunter Henry had 197 more receiving yards than Dalton Kincaid, 768 to 571.
This season Hunter Henry holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 68 percent.
This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 15 percent.
Byes and availability
Dalton Kincaid is off in Week 7 and Hunter Henry in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Hunter Henry is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Hunter Henry 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), Hunter Henry 77 (9.6 a game over 8 games). Hunter Henry is listed out.
Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Hunter Henry?
No. Keep Dalton Kincaid: he projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 9 games), Hunter Henry 77 (9.6 a game over 8 games). Hunter Henry is listed out.
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