Start Dalton Kincaid. Kincaid is projected for 10.4 PPR points vs 8.3 for Tyler Allgeier, and faces the 13th-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Dalton Kincaid TE · BUF | Tyler Allgeier RB · ARI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.4 | 8.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 8.9 | 6.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.4 (TE7) | 11.5 (RB25) |
| Opponent | vs BAL | vs DAL |
| Opponent vs. position | 13th-toughest (12.3 pts/g allowed) | 7th-softest (24.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 15% target share (last 3) | 38% carry share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | RB |
| Our call | START · TE1 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Dalton Kincaid. Kincaid projects for 10.4 PPR points vs BAL, against 8.3 for Tyler Allgeier vs DAL: a 2.1-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Dalton Kincaid is projected to score more: 10.4 PPR points to 8.3 for Tyler Allgeier.
The sources range from 8.9 to 11.4 for Kincaid and from 6.3 to 11.5 for Allgeier. The ranges overlap, so Allgeier outscoring Kincaid is a realistic result.
Dalton Kincaid is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Kincaid at 8.9 PPR points, against 6.3 for Tyler Allgeier.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Tyler Allgeier has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Allgeier at 11.5 PPR points, against 11.4 for Dalton Kincaid.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Dalton Kincaid plays BAL and Tyler Allgeier plays DAL in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Kincaid faces the 13th-toughest defense against TEs and Allgeier faces the 7th-softest defense against RBs, so Tyler Allgeier has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Dalton Kincaid has drawn 15% of his team's targets, and Tyler Allgeier 38% of his team's carries.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Dalton Kincaid.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Dalton Kincaid nor Tyler Allgeier has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Dalton Kincaid is projected by 5 of them and Tyler Allgeier by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.