Bills' Dalton Kincaid Talks Josh Allen, DJ Moore, NFL Super Bowl and More in B/R Interview

Take heart, Buffalo Bills fans. You aren't the only ones who dream of the franchise winning its first Super Bowl and the ensuing celebrations that would follow.

The players do as well.

"It's something you think about," Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid told Bleacher Report. "I don't want to say frequently, but it absolutely comes to mind. Just the parade and everything. You can see it before it happens. It's something that drives and motivates a lot of people on this team."

Few fanbases in all of professional sports have dealt with as much anguish as those of the Bills. After all, they infamously lost four straight Super Bowls from the 1990 campaign through the 1993 one and have fallen short of reaching the Super Bowl of late in each of their seven straight playoff appearances.

The 2020 and 2024 seasons ended with AFC Championship Game losses to the Kansas City Chiefs, and it was also Patrick Mahomes and Co. who eliminated Buffalo in the Divisional Round in the 2021 season when the Bills couldn't protect a lead with 13 seconds remaining.

But the thing about prolonged sports anguish is it makes it that much sweeter when a team finally breaks through and wins a title. Just ask Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs fans on the baseball side of things.

"That goal never changes," Kincaid said of lifting the Lombardi Trophy. "Everyone on our team plays for one reason and one reason only, and that's to bring a Super Bowl back to Buffalo. When we are able to do that, it's going to be awesome to celebrate with each other and our families, but also with the city of Buffalo because they've been through so much."

Buffalo has the quarterback to finally deliver that championship.

Josh Allen is arguably the best player in football with a resume that includes the 2024 league MVP, four Pro Bowl selections and four seasons with more than 4,000 passing yards. He completed 69.3 percent of his passes for 3,668 yards, 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions to go with 579 yards and 14 scores on the ground last year and could be even better in 2026.

Allen's presence is the primary reason the Bills are on the short list of realistic Super Bowl contenders once again this season, but his overall importance to the franchise extends beyond the highlight plays.

"Just the energy he brings," Kincaid said when asked what Allen excels at that fans don't always necessarily see between the lines. "It's very rare to have a quarterback who is as skilled mentally and physically on the field as he is off it. Just the way he operates the locker room and can connect with everybody. And there's his competitive nature. That's probably his biggest strength. He wants to win at everything he does and be the best at everything he does."

Allen is going to have a new go-to target in 2026 after Buffalo added wide receiver DJ Moore from the Chicago Bears via trade.

While Khalil Shakir led the team with 719 receiving yards in 2025, no other Bills wide receiver even reached the 500-yard mark. They needed a new weapon in the aerial attack to fully unlock the offense, and they got just that in Moore.

He has four seasons with more than 1,000 receiving yards, can provide veteran leadership and has shown a knack for making the big play, such as when he caught game-winning touchdowns last season for the Bears against the rival Green Bay Packers first in the regular season in overtime and then again in the playoffs with fewer than two minutes remaining.

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Moore's presence and the defensive attention he will draw should also create space in the middle of the field for the tight end combination of Kincaid and Dawson Knox.

"DJ is everything that has been advertised and more," Kincaid said. "Seeing the way he operates as a professional has been great. You don't always see that in vets who have had so much success. I feel like there are so many weapons on the offensive side of the ball, and it opens up everything to throw him in the mix. He can do it all, catch a short pass, catch a pass over the top of the defense. He can open up everything."

A new receiver was not the only major change in Buffalo.

The AFC East team fired head coach Sean McDermott after nine seasons, a 98-50 record and seven consecutive playoff appearances. It then promoted Joe Brady to head coach after three years of being the offensive coordinator, which just so happened to coincide with all of Kincaid's three seasons in the league.

The tight end is familiar with Brady's work as part of an offense that finished in the top 10 in the NFL in yards and points in each of those three seasons, including last year when it was fourth in each category.

"I'm a big fan of Joe's," Kincaid said. "Just the energy he brings, it's infectious to everyone on the team. The last few years I've felt that on the offensive side of the ball, but seeing the whole team come together as one with him is pretty cool. I'm excited to see how it goes. There will be adversity during the season like every season, but Joe knows that and is ready for that."

It may be a new position for Brady, but he is still the same around the team.

"Besides him celebrating when the defense makes plays in practice now, he's really the same guy," Kincaid added. "Which is exactly what you want and look for in this business. People who show up each and every day as the same person regardless of the ebbs and flows of the league."

Kincaid is also looking to show up each and every day this season for his team, which is one reason he partnered with Q-Collar.

Q-Collar is the only FDA-cleared sports equipment that helps protect the brain from repetitive impacts and is worn by the likes of Sauce Gardner, Kyren Williams, Dalton Schultz and more.

"I've worn the Q-Collar the past couple seasons," Kincaid said. "It helps me play my game knowing that I'm prioritizing my brain health while I'm out there. It's a very violent sport we play with a lot of collisions, and the Q-Collar brings a lot of peace of mind when I'm out there."

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So why did he first decide to wear it?

"What initially made me want to work with them was attending Tight End U my rookie year," he said. "Luke Kuechly is always out there, and they had a Q-Collar table set up. So I got to talk to him about it and saw he wore it previously. If someone the caliber of player of Luke Kuechly comes out wearing something like that, it holds some meaning."

Kincaid had high expectations entering that rookie year as a first-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft. While sharing a tight end room with Knox means he likely isn't going to consistently put up 1,000-plus receiving yards in a season, he has established himself as a key part of Buffalo's attack.

He also made his first career Pro Bowl last season behind 39 catches for 571 yards and five touchdowns.

"It was awesome," Kincaid said of the Pro Bowl nod. "It's cool to get that recognition and go and spend time with fellow teammates at those types of events. And I also got to meet other guys around the league and pick their brain. I got to know Tyler Warren pretty well and see what he does. Those experiences are so valuable."

At 26 years old and with three years of experience under his belt, it is reasonable to expect him to build on that first Pro Bowl appearance and take another leap in 2026.

But he has just one thing in mind.

"I have a few individual goals I write down and keep to myself, but the only real goal I have is winning a Super Bowl and winning a Super Bowl in Buffalo," Kincaid said.

Realizing that goal would set off a generational celebration.