The Buffalo Bills will visit the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 13. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, specifically regarding TE Dalton Kincaid.
Is Dalton Kincaid Playing in Week 13?
Update: Kincaid is officially inactive in Week 13.
Coach Sean McDermott noted Friday that Kincaid (hamstring) will be listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Steelers, Maddy Glab of the Bills’ official site reports.
We’ll continue to monitor the Bills’ injury report leading up to kickoff for any changes. You can also visit and bookmark our Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Should You Start or Sit Kincaid in Week 13?
A hamstring injury suffered in Week 10 left Dalton Kincaid labeled as “week-to-week” following the loss, making consecutive DNP’s not all that surprising.
I’d say that Buffalo’s lead tight end is a complicated player to rank, but he’s really not any different than all of the other pass catchers not named Khalil Shakir on this team.
He was a top 10 tight end in three of the first five weeks, finishing no worse than TE18 in any of those weeks. Since, he’s been better than TE25 just once and it just so happened to be a TE3 finish against the Chiefs in Week 9.
No big deal. He might win you your week, steady the ship, or completely sink you.
Kincaid has as many touchdowns in eight games this season as he had in the first 29 of his career, but that doesn’t mean he’s a safe option. Once you get outside of the top two tiers at the position, the range of outcomes for all of these tight ends is dramatic, so the fact that he plays for an offense that I view as a top-5 unit in the league lands him as a low-end TE1 for me more often than not.
This is a tough matchup, but so was Kansas City at the beginning of the month and he finished with a 6-101-1 stat line. If he suits up, I think you’re OK to follow suit. Due to the offense he plays on, Kincaid is a tick about the streaming tier, though it’s not by much and if we are getting a compromised version of him, he’ll fall outside of my top 12 by the time this week kicks off.
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Kincaid’s Fantasy Points Projection in Week 13
Kincaid is projected to score 0.0 points in PPR formats. This includes 0.0 receptions for 0.0 yards and 0.0 touchdowns.
Check out the free PFSN Fantasy Start-Sit Optimizer for the latest projections and advice for your lineups this week.
Week 13 Weather Impact: Bills at Steelers
The forecast for kickoff is 36 degrees Fahrenheit with 4 mph winds. These are ideal conditions for fantasy production.