MarShawn Lloyd or Dawson Knox: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price MarShawn Lloyd at 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 86th 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 MarShawn Lloyd: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

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, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 37 percent of GB snaps, taken 43 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against ATL he carried 4 times for 11 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 7 times for 13 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 36 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

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

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.

Side by side

MarShawn Lloyd is a running back 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

MarShawn Lloyd is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Dawson Knox.

What would change the answer

6.6 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.