Evan Engram or Dawson Knox: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Evan Engram at 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 136th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

The player markets price Dawson Knox at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 171st highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Evan Engram: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dawson Knox: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 194th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Evan Engram has been on the field for 60 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 1 of 1 target for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 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 Evan Engram played 16 games and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 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 Evan Engram scored 6.4 PPR points a game and Dawson Knox 6.1, 0.3 a game between them.

Evan Engram finished TE29 that year and Dawson Knox TE28.

Evan Engram had 27 more targets than Dawson Knox, 76 to 49.

Evan Engram had 44 more receiving yards than Dawson Knox, 461 to 417.

This season Dawson Knox holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 60 percent.

This season Evan Engram holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 5 percent.

What would change the answer

1.9 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.