Should I start Isaiah Likely or Dalton Kincaid in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 24th 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

Isaiah Likely's market-based projection is 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid 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 9

Through Week 9, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 75 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 69 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 6 of 11 targets for 99 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Isaiah Likely played 14 games and scored 61.7 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing TE45.

He caught 27 of 36 targets for 307 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 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.

Isaiah Likely was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 6.1 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.

Dalton Kincaid had 13 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 49 to 36.

Dalton Kincaid had 264 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 571 to 307.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 66 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Dalton Kincaid has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.