Should I start Tucker Kraft or Dalton Kincaid in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based 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.

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, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 5 of 8 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 4 of 6 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 6 of 6 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Dalton Kincaid was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 4.1 a game between them.

Tucker Kraft finished TE24 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.

Dalton Kincaid had 5 more targets than Tucker Kraft, 49 to 44.

Dalton Kincaid had 82 more receiving yards than Tucker Kraft, 571 to 489.

This season Tucker Kraft holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 68 percent.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11 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.