Dalton Kincaid or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Kincaid: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Dalton Kincaid at 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 11.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

J.K. Dobbins's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 17 times for 49 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 11 times for 40 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 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 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Kincaid was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 1.1 a game between them.

Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 and J.K. Dobbins RB43, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Kincaid is a tight end and J.K. Dobbins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Dalton Kincaid is off in Week 7 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

J.K. Dobbins is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.