Start Dawson Knox or Eli Raridon? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Eli Raridon over Dawson Knox in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Eli Raridon at 3.9 points and Dawson Knox at 3.2, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (3.6, 4.0 and 4.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

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).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 3.6, 4.0 and 4.2 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 0.2 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Eli Raridon 0.7 points ahead of Dawson Knox on these 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.

Eli Raridon and NE visit MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIA allowed 21.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 75 yards and a touchdown a game against MIA.

By points allowed to the position, Eli Raridon has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Eli Raridon 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, Eli Raridon played 51 percent of NE snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 4 against BUF: 44 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 5 against LV: 43 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 39 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 7 against CHI: 29 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their other Week 8 calls

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