Start Trey McBride or Dalton Kincaid? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Trey McBride over Dalton Kincaid in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Trey McBride at 18.8 points and Dalton Kincaid at 10.5, a gap of 8.4. Drafters take Trey McBride at ADP 28 and Dalton Kincaid at 158.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.8 fantasy points for Trey McBride, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 71 receiving yards, 7-8 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (12, 9 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.5 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, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Trey McBride 8.4 points ahead of Dalton Kincaid on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Trey McBride and ARI visit DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 12.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against DAL.

Dalton Kincaid and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 12.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 39 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Trey McBride has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Trey McBride is not on the injury report.

Dalton Kincaid is listed as questionable with a chest injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Trey McBride played 91 percent of ARI snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Trey McBride, Week 4 against NYG: 64 of 66 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 31 yards.

Trey McBride, Week 5 against DET: 66 of 73 snaps, 10 targets and 9 catches for 66 yards, 1 touchdown.

Trey McBride, Week 6 against LAR: 70 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 53 yards.

Trey McBride, Week 7 against DEN: 75 of 81 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 111 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Dalton Kincaid played 68 percent of BUF snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Trey McBride played 17 games for ARI and scored 315.9 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing TE1.

He caught 126 of 169 targets for 1239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 32 red zone targets and 656 air yards.

He was on the field for 91 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 8 calls

• Start Trey McBride over Brock Bowers.
• Start Trey McBride over Colston Loveland.
• Start Trey McBride over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Cade Otton.