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Should I start Dalton Kincaid or Mark Andrews in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 3:16 PM ET.

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Start Dalton Kincaid: 66 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Mark Andrews's 57 percent of the snaps and 13 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 Mark Andrews for Dalton Kincaid?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Kincaid projects 94 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 8 games), Mark Andrews 60 (8.5 a game over 7 games).

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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.

TE12 · BUF · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
9.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
88

TE15 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-8

Market-based projection
5.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
103

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The gap

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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 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mark Andrews, and the board ranks him 103rd 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 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.

The market-based projection for Mark Andrews is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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, 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.

Through Week 9, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 63 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 6.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 3 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against JAX he carried 2 times for 0 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 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 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Mark Andrews was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Mark Andrews 7.7, 2.8 a game between them.

Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 that year and Mark Andrews TE16.

Mark Andrews had 21 more targets than Dalton Kincaid, 70 to 49.

Dalton Kincaid had 149 more receiving yards than Mark Andrews, 571 to 422.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 63 percent.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Mark Andrews for Dalton Kincaid?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Kincaid projects 94 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 8 games), Mark Andrews 60 (8.5 a game over 7 games).

  • Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Mark Andrews?

    No. Keep Dalton Kincaid: he projects 94 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 8 games), Mark Andrews 60 (8.5 a game over 7 games).

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