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Should I start Dalton Kincaid or Trey McBride in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 1:36 PM ET.

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Start Trey McBride: 91 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Kincaid's 66 percent of the snaps and 20 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 Trey McBride?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 7 games), Dalton Kincaid 94 (11.7 a game over 8 games).

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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.

TE12 · BUF · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 2-6

Market-based projection
9.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
88

TE14 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs anytime td line 5-4

Market-based projection
15.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
102

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The gap

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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 Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

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 Trey McBride is 2.3 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, 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, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 5 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 94 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 10 of 13 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 72 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against SEA he caught 7 of 8 targets for 54 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 Trey McBride played 17 games and scored 315.9 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing TE1.

He caught 126 of 169 targets for 1239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 32 red zone targets.

That came to 9.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 8.1 a game between them.

Dalton Kincaid finished TE20 that year and Trey McBride TE1.

Trey McBride had 120 more targets than Dalton Kincaid, 169 to 49.

Trey McBride had 668 more receiving yards than Dalton Kincaid, 1239 to 571.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 66 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Dalton Kincaid is off in Week 7 and Trey McBride in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Trey McBride?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 7 games), Dalton Kincaid 94 (11.7 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Trey McBride for Dalton Kincaid?

    No. Keep Trey McBride: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 7 games), Dalton Kincaid 94 (11.7 a game over 8 games).

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