Dalton Kincaid’s recent absence has fantasy football managers watching Buffalo’s injury reports a little closer this week. The talented tight end has quietly become a swing factor in lineups, but something has put his availability in question yet again. With buzz growing around his potential return, all eyes are on the Bills’ following practice report.
The uncertainty makes him one of the most intriguing storylines heading into Week 13.
Dalton Kincaid Injury Update
Kincaid has missed the last two weeks for the Buffalo Bills due to a hamstring injury. He did not participate in any of the Bills’ practices ahead of Week 12’s game against the Houston Texans, although it was on a short week.
Kincaid did not practice on Nov. 26, a negative sign for a Week 13 return.
There haven’t been any timelines given for Kincaid’s return, so his participation in practice this week will be crucial to his progress in the healing process.
— PFSN Fantasy Football Analyst Dan Fornek
Kincaid Fantasy Outlook
A hamstring injury suffered in Week 10 left 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, 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.
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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.
— PFSN Fantasy Football Analyst Kyle Soppe