Should I start Travis Kelce or Dalton Kincaid in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Travis Kelce: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Dalton Kincaid: Listed Questionable (Chest) (Sleeper injury feed)
Week 8 verdict
Start Travis Kelce over Dalton Kincaid
Wrong: 11.7 to 18.6
- Market projected
- 10.8
- pre-game
- DEN D vs TE
- 16.0
- 9th most to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 18%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 11.7
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 10.2
- pre-game
- BAL D vs TE
- 12.3
- 13th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 18%
- Week 8
- Scored
- 18.6
- PPR pts
Start Travis Kelce: 77 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Kincaid's 68 percent of the snaps and 15 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 Dalton Kincaid for Travis Kelce?
Not on these numbers alone. Dalton Kincaid projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 9 games) and Travis Kelce 107 (11.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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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.
TE13 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 91
TE14 · BUF · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 96
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
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 Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 96th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 2.6 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 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.
Travis Kelce's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 78 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 11 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.
His 42 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.
In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against SEA he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against DEN he caught 5 of 7 targets for 67 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.
He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.
That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 81 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.
Travis Kelce was available for 5 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 0.9 a game between them.
Travis Kelce finished TE3 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.
Travis Kelce had 59 more targets than Dalton Kincaid, 108 to 49.
Travis Kelce had 280 more receiving yards than Dalton Kincaid, 851 to 571.
This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 68 percent.
This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 18 percent.
Byes and availability
Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Dalton Kincaid in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Travis Kelce?
Not on these numbers alone. Dalton Kincaid projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 9 games) and Travis Kelce 107 (11.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Travis Kelce for Dalton Kincaid?
Not on these numbers alone. Travis Kelce projects 107 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.9 a game over 9 games) and Dalton Kincaid 105 (11.7 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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