Start Dawson Knox or Elijah Higgins? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dawson Knox over Elijah Higgins in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dawson Knox at 3.7 points and Elijah Higgins at 2.7, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Dawson Knox's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Dawson Knox is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for Dawson Knox, with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Dawson Knox a 14% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).

Player markets imply 2.7 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market gives Elijah Higgins a 10% chance to score a touchdown (15 market sources).

That puts Dawson Knox 0.9 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on the market projections.

Injury status

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins 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, Elijah Higgins played 33 percent of ARI snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Elijah Higgins, Week 1 against LAC: 20 of 75 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 2 against SEA: 13 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 3 against SF: 35 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 4 against NYG: 24 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 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.

In 2025, Elijah Higgins played 17 games for ARI and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 92 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Darnell Washington over Dawson Knox.
• Start Evan Engram over Dawson Knox.
• Start Greg Dulcich over Dawson Knox.
• Start Brock Bowers over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Colston Loveland over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Evan Engram over Elijah Higgins.