Should I start Tyler Higbee or Dalton Kincaid in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Higbee is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 6 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.

Tyler Higbee's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LV he caught 2 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, 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 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Tyler Higbee 7.1, 3.4 a game between them.

Tyler Higbee finished TE40 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.

Dalton Kincaid had 13 more targets than Tyler Higbee, 49 to 36.

Dalton Kincaid had 290 more receiving yards than Tyler Higbee, 571 to 281.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 59 percent.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Tyler Higbee is off in Week 11 and Dalton Kincaid in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dalton Kincaid is listed as questionable on the injury report.