Should I start Dalton Kincaid or Sione Vaki in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sione Vaki, and the board ranks him 83rd 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 4 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 Sione Vaki is 3.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 market sources. That is 70 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 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, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 25 percent of DET snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 0 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 1 time for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 11 times for 65 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIA he carried 3 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 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 Sione Vaki played 11 games and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.

He carried 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.1 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 0 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Kincaid was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 10.5 a game between them.

Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 and Sione Vaki RB143, which are two different ladders.

Dalton Kincaid is a tight end and Sione Vaki 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. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.