Dawson Knox or Theo Johnson: 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 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Theo Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 181st 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 player markets price Theo Johnson at 1.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 180th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

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

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, Theo Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 1 of 1 target for 11 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 Theo Johnson played 15 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing TE18.

He caught 45 of 74 targets for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 4.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dawson Knox was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Theo Johnson scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Dawson Knox 6.1, 2.4 a game between them.

Dawson Knox finished TE28 that year and Theo Johnson TE18.

Theo Johnson had 25 more targets than Dawson Knox, 74 to 49.

Theo Johnson had 111 more receiving yards than Dawson Knox, 528 to 417.

This season Dawson Knox holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 31 percent.

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

What would change the answer

Dawson Knox is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.