Start Dawson Knox or Davis Allen? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Dawson Knox over Davis Allen in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Dawson Knox at 3.2 points and Davis Allen at 2.2, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Davis Allen this week yet, so his 2.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (2.1, 2.5 and 2.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Davis Allen yet. His market-based projections were 2.1, 2.5 and 2.1 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 2.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Davis Allen is 0.2 touchdowns (10 market sources).

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).

That puts Dawson Knox 1.0 points ahead of Davis Allen on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Davis Allen and LAR host LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAC allowed 11.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 58 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against LAC.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Dawson Knox has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Davis Allen is not on the injury report.

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Davis Allen played 46 percent of LAR snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Davis Allen, Week 4 against PHI: 40 of 84 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 5 against BUF: 41 of 82 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 6 against ARI: 18 of 58 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Davis Allen, Week 7 against LV: 50 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 20 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 8 calls

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