Dawson Knox or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dawson Knox: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Dawson Knox at 3.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 2.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 174th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Dawson Knox's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Dawson Knox has been on the field for 69 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 51 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dawson Knox played 17 games and scored 103.7 PPR points, 6.1 a game, finishing TE28.

He caught 36 of 49 targets for 417 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dawson Knox was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Dawson Knox 6.1, 0.7 a game between them.

Dawson Knox finished TE28 and Calvin Ridley WR116, which are two different ladders.

Dawson Knox is a tight end and Calvin Ridley a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Dawson Knox.

What would change the answer

Dawson Knox is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.