Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Dalton Kincaid: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

The player markets price Dalton Kincaid at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Kincaid: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 66 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 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.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 2.3 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 and Dalton Kincaid TE20, which are two different ladders.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is a running back and Dalton Kincaid a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.