Lamar Jackson or Dalton Kincaid: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

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.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Lamar Jackson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Dalton Kincaid at 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

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 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.

He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 92 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.

Lamar Jackson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 6.6 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Dalton Kincaid TE20, which are two different ladders.

Lamar Jackson is a quarterback 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

Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Dalton Kincaid in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Lamar Jackson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.