
Draft Note by John Paulsen
Kincaid's per-game profile in 2025 was legitimately elite. In 11 games, he averaged 9.1 points while posting a 100th-percentile YPRR (2.79) and 95th-percentile PFF route grade–the best YPRR in the entire tight end sample. His ESPN OVERALL score (98th percentile) and OPEN score (95th percentile) are both at the top of the position. When Kincaid was on the field with Josh Allen, he was one of the most productive receiving tight ends in the league. The rub is the 12 games in 2025 and 13 in 2024–he hasn't yet strung together a full healthy season, and the Bills' offense is a little more crowded with D.J. Moore now in the room alongside Khalil Shakir. Kincaid is going as the TE13, and that price represents a bet on a player with the efficiency markers of a top-five tight end who hasn’t recently been able to stay healthy long enough to prove it over a full year. If Kincaid plays 15-plus games in 2026, his underlying metrics suggest he could run away with a top-10 season. Discount accordingly for the health risk, but don't lose sight of the fact that the production when healthy has been exceptional.
Dalton Kincaid
- TE
- , Buffalo Bills
- 27
- 240 lbs
- 6' 4"
- Utah
- 120
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Cameron Wolfe
·Dec 05, 2025 · 11:33 AM EST
2026 Draft note
Kincaid's per-game profile in 2025 was legitimately elite. In 11 games, he averaged 9.1 points while posting a 100th-percentile YPRR (2.79) and 95th-percentile PFF route grade–the best YPRR in the entire tight end sample. His ESPN OVERALL score (98th percentile) and OPEN score (95th percentile) are both at the top of the position. When Kincaid was on the field with Josh Allen, he was one of the most productive receiving tight ends in the league. The rub is the 12 games in 2025 and 13 in 2024–he hasn't yet strung together a full healthy season, and the Bills' offense is a little more crowded with D.J. Moore now in the room alongside Khalil Shakir. Kincaid is going as the TE13, and that price represents a bet on a player with the efficiency markers of a top-five tight end who hasn’t recently been able to stay healthy long enough to prove it over a full year. If Kincaid plays 15-plus games in 2026, his underlying metrics suggest he could run away with a top-10 season. Discount accordingly for the health risk, but don't lose sight of the fact that the production when healthy has been exceptional.
2026 Strength of Schedule - BUF
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 @HOU | 18 DET | 5 LAC | 24 NE | 12 @LAR | 10 @LV | BYE | 1 BAL | 16 @MIN | 19 @NYJ | 30 MIA | 27 KC | 24 @NE | 2 @GB | 13 CHI | 25 @DEN | 30 @MIA | 19 NYJ |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
| Week | Opp | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAL | 4 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.8 | 12.80 | 14.8 | 43/85 | 50.6% |
| 2 | @NYJ | 4 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 9.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.7 | 5.70 | 7.7 | 36/75 | 48.0% |
| 3 | MIA | 5 | 66 | 1 | 6 | 13.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.6 | 15.10 | 17.6 | 33/60 | 55.0% |
| 4 | NO | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.8 | 9.30 | 9.8 | 22/59 | 37.3% |
| 5 | NE | 6 | 108 | 0 | 6 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.8 | 13.80 | 16.8 | 37/68 | 54.4% |
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Injury Details (w6)
Status: Out Injury: Oblique | @ATL | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w7)
Status: Questionable Injury: Oblique | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | @CAR | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.3 | 2.80 | 3.3 | 14/63 | 22.2% |
| 9 | KC | 6 | 101 | 1 | 6 | 16.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.1 | 19.10 | 22.1 | 23/66 | 34.8% |
| 10 | @MIA | 2 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 18.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.7 | 4.70 | 5.7 | 18/68 | 26.5% |
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Injury Details (w11)
Status: Out Injury: Hamstring | TB | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w12)
Status: Out Injury: Hamstring | @HOU | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w13)
Status: Out Injury: Hamstring | @PIT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | CIN | 4 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 10.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.1 | 12.10 | 14.1 | 22/64 | 34.4% |
| 15 | @NE | 3 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 11.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | 4.90 | 6.4 | 25/70 | 35.7% |
| 16 | @CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 19/50 | 38.0% |
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Injury Details (w17)
Status: Out Injury: Knee | PHI | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Injury Details (w18)
Status: Probable Injury: Knee | NYJ | 3 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.8 | 6.30 | 7.8 | 10/75 | 13.3% |
| Per game | 3.25 | 47.58 | 0.42 | 4.08 | 14.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.26 | 8.88 | 10.51 | 25.17/66.92 | 37.52% | |
| Totals | 39 | 571 | 5 | 49 | 14.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 87.1 | 106.6 | 126.1 | 302/803 | 37.52% | |






