Start George Kittle or Dalton Kincaid? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start George Kittle over Dalton Kincaid in Week 10.

Market-based projections have George Kittle at 15.7 points and Dalton Kincaid at 9.7, a gap of 6.0. No player market is posted for Dalton Kincaid this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (10.2 and 9.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take George Kittle at ADP 92 and Dalton Kincaid at 158.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.7 fantasy points for George Kittle, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 63 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (8, 6 and 7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Dalton Kincaid yet. His market-based projections were 10.2 and 9.2 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).

That puts George Kittle 6.0 points ahead of Dalton Kincaid on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

George Kittle and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 51 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against DAL.

Dalton Kincaid and BUF visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 13.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 15th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 60 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, Dalton Kincaid has the softer matchup.

Injury status

George Kittle is not on the injury report.

Dalton Kincaid is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, George Kittle played 78 percent of SF snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

George Kittle, Week 5 against SEA: 55 of 60 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 24 yards.

George Kittle, Week 6 against WAS: 55 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 69 yards, 1 touchdown.

George Kittle, Week 7 against ATL: 60 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 88 yards.

George Kittle, Week 9 against LV: 57 of 73 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 58 yards.

Through Week 9, Dalton Kincaid played 66 percent of BUF snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 6 against LV: 49 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 38 yards.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 8 against BAL: 47 of 82 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 9 against MIN: 3 targets and 3 catches for 28 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, George Kittle played 11 games for SF and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 376 air yards.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start George Kittle over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start George Kittle over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Chig Okonkwo.