Dawson Knox or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dawson Knox: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: 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 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.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 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.

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

This season so far

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 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dawson Knox was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Dawson Knox 6.1, 5.3 a game between them.

Dawson Knox finished TE28 and Terry McLaurin WR56, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Dawson Knox.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.