Start Dawson Knox or Davis Allen? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dawson Knox over Davis Allen in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dawson Knox at 3.7 points and Davis Allen at 2.1, a gap of 1.6.

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 15% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.1 fantasy points for Davis Allen, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Davis Allen at 5.5 receiving yards, with a 11% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 16 market sources).

That puts Dawson Knox 1.6 points ahead of Davis Allen on the market projections.

Injury status

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Davis Allen 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, Davis Allen played 42 percent of LAR snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Davis Allen, Week 1 against SF: 21 of 61 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 2 against NYG: 32 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 3 against DEN: 31 of 86 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 4 against PHI: 40 of 84 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Davis Allen played 17 games for LAR and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 71 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 Dawson Knox over Austin Hooper.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Dawson Knox.
• Start Davis Allen over Austin Hooper.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Davis Allen.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Davis Allen.