Start Dalton Kincaid or Davis Allen? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dalton Kincaid over Davis Allen in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dalton Kincaid at 12.4 points and Davis Allen at 2.1, a gap of 10.3.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.4 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 (17, 14 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.1 fantasy points for Davis Allen, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Davis Allen at 5.5 receiving yards, with a 11% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 16 market sources).

That puts Dalton Kincaid 10.3 points ahead of Davis Allen on the market projections.

Injury status

Dalton Kincaid is not on the injury report.

Davis Allen 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 4, Davis Allen played 42 percent of LAR snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Davis Allen, Week 1 against SF: 21 of 61 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 2 against NYG: 32 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 3 against DEN: 31 of 86 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 4 against PHI: 40 of 84 snaps, 2 targets 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, Davis Allen played 17 games for LAR and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 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 Davis Allen over Austin Hooper.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Davis Allen.
• Start Dawson Knox over Davis Allen.