Colby Parkinson or Dawson Knox: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Colby Parkinson at 5.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 79 players the market prices.

The player markets price Dawson Knox at 3.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 64th highest figure of the 79 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colby Parkinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dawson Knox: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Colby Parkinson has been on the field for 61 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colby Parkinson played 15 games and scored 129.8 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE17.

He caught 43 of 56 targets for 408 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 20 red zone targets.

That came to 3.7 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Dawson Knox was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colby Parkinson scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Dawson Knox 6.1, 2.6 a game between them.

Colby Parkinson finished TE17 that year and Dawson Knox TE28.

Colby Parkinson had 7 more targets than Dawson Knox, 56 to 49.

Dawson Knox had 9 more receiving yards than Colby Parkinson, 417 to 408.

This season Dawson Knox holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 61 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 5 percent each.

What would change the answer

1.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.