SHOULD the Bills pick up Dalton Kincaid’s 5th year option?

[strive_for_five_guy]

Ask me again after the season

[NewEra]

💯 yes

[nedboy7]

Why would we?  We’re stacked at WR. 

[Maine-iac]

The price is well worth it for his 5th year option and if he's on the field he's arguably our best pass catcher.  Resigning him after that to some lucrative deal seems like a bad idea.  My biggest hope is that by the time we have to think about resigning Kincaid we have actually brought in someone to focus our passing game around.

[Augie]

Sure, we have capable receiving threats galore! Let’s let him walk.  

 

A fair long term deal that will pay him very well for production might temper the injury history concerns a bit. 

[bmur66]

Beane will probably sign him to a big new contract rather than taking the 5th year option and letting things play out. Can’t risk him getting to the open market ya know.

 

Correction- Beane will pick up the 5th year option and then sign him to a big new contract before the season begins.

Edited 7 hours ago by bmur66

[boater]

I'd extend him for a cheap team friendly deal. I believe his ceiling hasn't been met yet and there is still improvement to come.

 

I have to admit, I have been disappointed by the rate of his progress--that's why I'd only go a for cheap extension. If he wants more, let him walk.

 

(bigger fish to fry: renegotiate Dawson Knox's mega-contract)

[MDH]

No, but I also don’t like any of the options given in the poll. 
 

Let him play out year 4 and then decide if you want to offer him a new deal. The kid has a lot of talent but he’s unreliable because of the injuries. See if he can play a clean season and be productive then make a decision. As it stands right now you’d be paying a player who misses 4+ games every season and is so injured he’s not very productive in about 4 other games per season. That’s a bad investment.

Edited 8 hours ago by MDH

[Sweats]

It would make this poll a lot easier if the guy could stay healthy for a whole season...........ugh

[BuffaloBillyG]

I think the correct thing would be to pick up the option. It's not that huge a camp hit in comparison to Knox. I say pick it up and see if he can put a healthy season out there. Kind of like a "prove it" year. 

[EmotionallyUnstable]

16 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

I think the correct thing would be to pick up the option. It's not that huge a camp hit in comparison to Knox. I say pick it up and see if he can put a healthy season out there. Kind of like a "prove it" year. 

This would mirror what they did with Groot, in terms of timeline.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Of course.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

Picking up the 5th year option seems like the smart move. It a reasonable price tag and more importantly, I want to see two consecutive years of decent health / good production before thinking about a long-term contract. The fifth-year option allows Kincaid to prove himself for two seasons. This season we've seen the production go up but we've seen his injury risk go up.

[wppete]

Franchise tag him when it’s time? 

[H2o]

$8.7M isn't that bad at all really. He looks to be turning the corner this year. He put up his yardage total and doubled his TD's already from 2024 in just 8 games versus 13 last year. We just need him to stay healthy. Pick up the 5th year and see how the next two play out. If he continues the trajectory from this year, and can kick the injury bug, then he'll be well worth signing long term. 

Edited 7 hours ago by H2o

[Disgusted ills fan]

Dalton Bandaid?  Dude's made of glass.

 

 

5th year only.

[GunnerBill]

I'm a "no" but I'm not a "no let him walk". 

 

I am not closing the door on signing him after 2026. But I am not picking up the option and I am not extending him now.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I would pick up that 5th year, and I don’t care how he plays next year, I would not sign him under any circumstance. This is it. 
 

there are dozens of TEs on the market every year we can pick up on a cheap 1 or 2-year deal who will actually play in the games and offer similar production. (Noah Fant (1 year; $2 mill) Allie-cox (1 year; $2 mill); A Hooper (1 year; $5 mill)).

[Bills aPHILLYate]

I would let him play out his 4th year in what most likely will be a new offensive system and see if the durability issues improve along with production.

 

I still believe he has fairly high upside as a weapon in the passing game but I'd need to see it before committing...giggity 

 

[Nelius]

2 hours ago, SCBills said:

A restructured Knox and more experienced Hawes is plenty good enough. 

 

Is it? Knox has been abysmal. I get the Kincaid question marks but he and Knox are not interchangeable, as we’ve seen multiple times this year. The complete lack of receiving talent at the position behind Kincaid is an unfortunate but giant reason why you need to keep Kincaid.