Mike Evans or Dalton Kincaid: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 12.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Dalton Kincaid at 12.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 67th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 77.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Kincaid: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 164.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Mike Evans has been on the field for 66 percent of SF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 69 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against HOU he caught 5 of 6 targets for 130 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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.

Dalton Kincaid was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Mike Evans scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 0.1 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 and Dalton Kincaid TE20, which are two different ladders.

Mike Evans is a wide receiver 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

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

Mike Evans is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.