Why Bills need Dalton Kincaid playing vs. Falcons on Monday Night Football

Billy Heyen

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The Buffalo Bills need to bounce back.

They'll get that chance on Monday Night Football against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 6.

One of the most key factors will be Dalton Kincaid, the talented tight end.

Beat reporter Alex Brasky summed up Kincaid's importance in this post on X: 

"Tough to overstate how badly the Bills need Dalton Kincaid to play through his oblique injury against the Falcons Kincaid leads the Bills in yards receiving (287), touchdowns receiving (3) and 20-plus yard receptions (6) Atlanta is allowing just two receptions to TEs per game but hasn’t faced a talent of Kincaid’s caliber this season."

Kincaid is coming off a big game in the loss to the Patriots. The Bills would prefer him to perform in a win.

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Is Dalton Kincaid playing tonight?

Dalton Kincaid is officially listed as questionable for Monday Night Football vs. the Falcons.

He's dealing with an oblique injury.

The good news for the Bills is that Kincaid was a limited participant at practice in all three days of preparation to take on Atlanta.

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Obviously, a full practice would be better, but the fact that Kincaid could get out there for some of the work each day gives him a good shot to suit up on MNF.

If Kincaid was out, Dawson Knox and Jackson Hawes would each play more, but neither of them could quite replicate Kincaid's pass-catching talent.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle