Start Dawson Knox or Daniel Bellinger? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Dawson Knox over Daniel Bellinger in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Dawson Knox at 3.2 points and Daniel Bellinger at 3.0, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.2 fantasy points for Dawson Knox, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dawson Knox is 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (9, 9 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.0 fantasy points for Daniel Bellinger, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Daniel Bellinger is 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (6, 3 and 12 market sources).

That puts Dawson Knox 0.2 points ahead of Daniel Bellinger on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Dawson Knox and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 12.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 39 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Daniel Bellinger and TEN visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 11th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 85 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Daniel Bellinger has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Daniel Bellinger is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

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

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.

Dawson Knox, Week 6 against LV: 47 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards.

Through Week 7, Daniel Bellinger played 44 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 4 against BAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 5 against HOU: 28 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 6 against IND: 22 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Daniel Bellinger, Week 7 against CLE: 30 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 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, Daniel Bellinger played 16 games for NYG and scored 59.6 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE46.

He caught 19 of 26 targets for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 154 air yards.

He was on the field for 48 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Dawson Knox.
• Start Dawson Knox over Davis Allen.
• Start Eli Raridon over Dawson Knox.
• Start Daniel Bellinger over Jonnu Smith.