Darnell Washington or Dawson Knox: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 132nd highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

The market has Dawson Knox at 3.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 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.

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, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 66 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dawson Knox scored 6.1 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 1.5 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 that year and Dawson Knox TE28.

Dawson Knox had 6 more targets than Darnell Washington, 49 to 43.

Dawson Knox had 53 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 417 to 364.

This season Dawson Knox holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 66 percent.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 5 percent.

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.