Justin Jefferson or Dawson Knox: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 16.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dawson Knox: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Justin Jefferson at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 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 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Dawson Knox 6.1, 5.8 a game between them.

Justin Jefferson finished WR21 and Dawson Knox TE28, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Justin Jefferson is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Dawson Knox.

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.