Should I start Dalton Kincaid or Quinshon Judkins in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 98th 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 5 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 Quinshon Judkins is 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 8

Through Week 8, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 8, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 59 percent of CLE snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 7 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against PIT he carried 11 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 0.8 a game between them.

Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Kincaid is a tight end and Quinshon Judkins 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 Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.