Should I start Mike Gesicki or Dalton Kincaid in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Mike Gesicki's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 41st highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 48 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Mike Gesicki was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 5.1 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.

Dalton Kincaid had 7 more targets than Mike Gesicki, 49 to 42.

Dalton Kincaid had 264 more receiving yards than Mike Gesicki, 571 to 307.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 48 percent.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Mike Gesicki is off in Week 6 and Dalton Kincaid in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Dalton Kincaid has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.