Start Dalton Kincaid or Travis Kelce? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Travis Kelce over Dalton Kincaid in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Travis Kelce at 14.2 points and Dalton Kincaid at 11.6, a gap of 2.7. No player market is posted for Travis Kelce this week yet, so his 14.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (16.1 and 12.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Travis Kelce yet. His market-based projections were 16.1 and 12.3 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 14.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Travis Kelce a 34% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.6 fantasy points for Dalton Kincaid, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid is 47 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 34% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Travis Kelce 2.7 points ahead of Dalton Kincaid on these projections.

Injury status

Travis Kelce is not on the injury report.

Dalton Kincaid is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Travis Kelce played 80 percent of KC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Travis Kelce, Week 1 against DEN: 49 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 71 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 2 against IND: 68 of 80 snaps, 11 targets and 9 catches for 101 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 3 against MIA: 41 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Travis Kelce, Week 4 against LV: 50 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Through Week 5, Dalton Kincaid played 67 percent of BUF snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 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 6 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Travis Kelce.
• Start George Kittle over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over Harold Fannin Jr..
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Colston Loveland.