Start Elijah Higgins or Dawson Knox? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dawson Knox over Elijah Higgins in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dawson Knox at 3.5 points and Elijah Higgins at 3.2, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Dawson Knox this week yet, so his 3.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (3.7, 3.2 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Dawson Knox yet. His market-based projections were 3.7, 3.2 and 3.7 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Dawson Knox a 15% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

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

The market-based projection for Elijah Higgins is 11 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 10% chance to score a touchdown (9, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Dawson Knox 0.3 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on these projections.

Injury status

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dawson Knox played 69 percent of BUF snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Dawson Knox, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Through Week 5, Elijah Higgins played 37 percent of ARI snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Elijah Higgins, Week 5 against DET: 39 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 57 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, 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 6 calls

• Start Colby Parkinson over Dawson Knox.
• Start Dawson Knox over Cole Kmet.
• Start Cole Kmet over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Eli Raridon over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Noah Fant over Elijah Higgins.