Start Josh Cuevas or Dawson Knox? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Dawson Knox over Josh Cuevas in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Dawson Knox at 3.5 points and Josh Cuevas at 2.7, a gap of 0.8. 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 6 and 8 (3.7 and 3.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Dawson Knox yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 3.3 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 3.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

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

The market-based projection for Josh Cuevas is 9 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 8 and 11 market sources).

That puts Dawson Knox 0.8 points ahead of Josh Cuevas on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Dawson Knox and BUF visit MIN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

MIN allowed 7.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 39 yards and no touchdowns a game against MIN.

Josh Cuevas and BAL host JAX on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

JAX allowed 11.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 32 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against JAX.

By points allowed to the position, Josh Cuevas has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Josh Cuevas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Dawson Knox played 69 percent of BUF snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Dawson Knox, Week 8 against BAL: 57 of 82 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Through Week 8, Josh Cuevas played 23 percent of BAL snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 4 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Cuevas, Week 5 against ATL: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Josh Cuevas, Week 6 against CLE: 23 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards, 1 touchdown.

Josh Cuevas, Week 7 against CIN: 15 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Josh Cuevas, Week 8 against BUF: 13 of 51 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 15 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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Brevyn Spann-Ford over Josh Cuevas.
• Start Josh Cuevas over Davis Allen.
• Start Josh Cuevas over Jonnu Smith.