Tez Johnson or Dawson Knox: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tez Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 203rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dawson Knox: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Tez Johnson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Dawson Knox at 3.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 183rd highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tez Johnson has been on the field for 33 percent of TB snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 25.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 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 Tez Johnson played 16 games and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Dawson Knox scored 6.1 PPR points a game and Tez Johnson 5.8, 0.3 a game between them.

Tez Johnson finished WR67 and Dawson Knox TE28, which are two different ladders.

Tez Johnson 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.

What would change the answer

Tez Johnson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.