Start Dalton Kincaid or Colby Parkinson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dalton Kincaid over Colby Parkinson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dalton Kincaid at 12.5 points and Colby Parkinson at 5.2, a gap of 7.3.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.5 fantasy points for Dalton Kincaid, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Dalton Kincaid at 55.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 34% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Colby Parkinson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Colby Parkinson at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 16 market sources).

That puts Dalton Kincaid 7.3 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on the market projections.

Injury status

Dalton Kincaid is not on the injury report.

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Dalton Kincaid played 66 percent of BUF snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 1 against HOU: 42 of 58 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 130 yards.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 2 against DET: 49 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 3 against LAC: 44 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 38 yards.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 4 against NE: 35 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Through Week 3, Colby Parkinson played 61 percent of LAR snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Colby Parkinson, Week 1 against SF: 47 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 2 against NYG: 44 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 3 against DEN: 37 of 86 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dalton Kincaid played 12 games for BUF 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 and 312 air yards.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Colby Parkinson played 15 games for LAR and scored 129.8 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE17.

He caught 43 of 56 targets for 408 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 20 red zone targets and 137 air yards.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Cade Otton.
• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Austin Hooper.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Colby Parkinson.