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That is the issue, there is no one good to pick up. People just juggling TEs and most of them give you the same or worse as Kincaid.
Agreed - the targets haven’t been bad but the whole passing game has been off and not as plentiful as we’ve gotten accustomed to over the years.
Giant middle finger to current #1 TE George Kittle apparently.
No sweat, it happens. I've had Kittle his entire career in my dynasty league, and I've always been lowballed on him. so I just wanted to make sure he was getting the credit he deserves.
Would you rather he be giving you 2 TDs every week when you didn't need the points? .. Wait, don't answer that.
Kincaid was an 11th rd keeper for me & I traded to the back of that rd for the 1st pick of the 12th. But before you roll your eyes consider that I opted for him over listing Jayden Reed in the 15th rd!! Grrrr... Fantasy football is impossible, or it certainly is for me. Last week, given the Adams news, I packaged Tre Tucker & an 11th rd pick for Tucker Kraft (& his 14th rd'er).
You would think the answer here is clear - LaPorta but it hasn't been good for him so far. LaPorta is just not seeing the volume this year. Only 14 targets in 4 games. Last year down the stretch Laporta was averaging about 7 targets per game. If DET decides to get him more involved after their bye then things are looking up. I wonder if LaPorta isn't quite 100% still.
I prefer LaPorta, just because we've seen him do it. The slow starts are frustrating for both, but its possible Kincaid just isn't who we were hoping he was.
For your last sentence I would say "yet".
He does lead the team in targets by a fair amount (31 on the season versus 21 for Shakir and 20 for Coleman). Just as mentioned, it's a very low passing volume offense - very different under Joe Brady than it was under Dorsey and Daboll before him.
Fair points - another instance where it's not really the player but rather the situation. I think the fantasy community collectively thought that Allen would be chucking it and that Kincaid would greatly benefit as the primary passing option with a weak WR crew. The first part of that definitely went awry while the second part is somewhat still true.
Thought it was a step forward.
Don't think it hurts him too much. They needed a true #1 and they got it. Should help the entire offense as a whole.
Agreed it could be a slight positive if they indeed open up the offense more now. Not sure he's up there with LaPorta and McBride, but those guys are helped by having big time WRs to draw away coverage and let them beat LBs.
But also with Knox out.
I also would add that he doesn’t see enough intermediate targets either (which I thought they would introduce more of this year). Short-game targets and too many options for Allen makes Kincaid an even riskier start from here on out. The TE position continues to be a vast wasteland in FF.
Ironically, David Njoku probably jumps up quite a bit from this trade, as 30% of the Browns targets just walked out the door.
Bad QB play negates whatever value increase Njoku gets. I still would rather have Kincaid. The Bills have shown a plan for him and that won’t change most likely. I guarantee you couldn’t trade Njoku for Kincaid in any fantasy league.
I vote this.
Kincaid might have had a TD on the play before but for pass interference when he'd clearly beaten his man.
I worry about the bolded. They have manufactured a lot of Kincaid's touches, just in an effort to get something going with the passing game. With Cooper on board, I don't see them needing to do that as much if at all. Kincaid has shown little rapport with Allen (which is why I think he could be behind Shakir in the pecking order because Shakir has a rapport) and I am very worried Kincaid becomes a TD or nothing guy ala Likely.
Still rather have Kincaid over Shakir or Njoku on my fantasy team.
That's fine. I would take him over Shakir in fantasy too, just because TE requires less production than WR does. I do think Shakir will probably score more overall points though.
he's only in his 2nd yr... TEs generally take 3 to 4 yrs before developing into STUDS. This is why I basically never take TE in the 1st 2 rounds of rookie drafts, most owners generally give up on them and you can buy low on them while developing
The Bills aren't using him that way as they have an unimaginative OC.
Have hunter henry ready to go over him this week but I feel like this may just be the annual start hunter henry before he turns into a pumpkin for ROS.
Yeah, I swung a deal for Tucker Kraft a number of weeks ago & am considering him over Kincaid this week. But of course, we know how that goes. lol. According to playerprofiler.com to this point Kincaid's ADOT ranks 5th in the NFL. He's been targeted deep 5 times, which is ranked 1st, YAC, 4th! His ADOT last year ranked 28th. So, utilized as more of a downfield threat. Which likely has something to do with his 73% catchable target rate, which is 30th. His target accuracy rate is ranked 31st.
8/108/2 this week.
I’m benching him for Otton in 1 league, so this is likely correct.
Higgins is out so I flexed Kincaid.
