Start Dawson Knox or Austin Hooper? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dawson Knox over Austin Hooper in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dawson Knox at 3.7 points and Austin Hooper at 1.8, a gap of 1.9.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for Dawson Knox, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Dawson Knox at 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 1.8 fantasy points for Austin Hooper, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Austin Hooper at 6.5 receiving yards and 0.5 receptions, with a 10% chance to score a touchdown (12, 12 and 17 market sources).

That puts Dawson Knox 1.9 points ahead of Austin Hooper on the market projections.

Injury status

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Austin Hooper is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Dawson Knox played 69 percent of BUF snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Dawson Knox, Week 1 against HOU: 39 of 58 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Dawson Knox, Week 2 against DET: 56 of 74 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards, 1 touchdown.

Dawson Knox, Week 3 against LAC: 46 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Dawson Knox, Week 4 against NE: 36 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Through Week 4, Austin Hooper played 28 percent of ATL snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Austin Hooper, Week 1 against PIT: 14 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Austin Hooper, Week 2 against CAR: 30 of 69 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Austin Hooper, Week 3 against GB: 16 of 71 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Austin Hooper, Week 4 against NO: 13 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dawson Knox played 17 games for BUF 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 and 234 air yards.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Austin Hooper played 16 games for NE and scored 59.3 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE47.

He caught 21 of 26 targets for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 177 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Dawson Knox.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Dawson Knox.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Dawson Knox.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Austin Hooper.
• Start Davis Allen over Austin Hooper.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Austin Hooper.