Dawson Knox or Jonnu Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Dawson Knox at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 187th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jonnu Smith at 3.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 189th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dawson Knox: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonnu Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Jonnu Smith has been on the field for 32 percent of GB snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 1 of 1 target for 19 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 Jonnu Smith played 17 games and scored 85.2 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE35.

He caught 38 of 54 targets for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 5.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Dawson Knox scored 6.1 PPR points a game and Jonnu Smith 5.0, 1.1 a game between them.

Dawson Knox finished TE28 that year and Jonnu Smith TE35.

Jonnu Smith had 5 more targets than Dawson Knox, 54 to 49.

Dawson Knox had 195 more receiving yards than Jonnu Smith, 417 to 222.

This season Dawson Knox holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 32 percent.

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

What would change the answer

0.3 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.