Start Cole Kmet or Dawson Knox? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dawson Knox over Cole Kmet in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dawson Knox at 3.5 points and Cole Kmet at 3.4, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Dawson Knox this week yet, so his 3.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (3.7, 3.2 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Cole Kmet, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cole Kmet is 10 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (13, 8 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Dawson Knox yet. His market-based projections were 3.7, 3.2 and 3.7 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Dawson Knox a 16% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

That puts Dawson Knox 0.1 points ahead of Cole Kmet on these projections.

Injury status

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Cole Kmet played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Cole Kmet, Week 2 against MIN: 51 of 74 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 3 against PHI: 43 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 4 against NYJ: 68 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 5 against GB: 29 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Through Week 5, Dawson Knox played 69 percent of BUF snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Dawson Knox, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cole Kmet played 16 games for CHI and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Cole Kmet over Adam Trautman.
• Start AJ Barner over Cole Kmet.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cole Kmet.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Dawson Knox.
• Start Dawson Knox over Elijah Higgins.