Start Dawson Knox or Tommy Tremble? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Tommy Tremble over Dawson Knox in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Tommy Tremble at 4.2 points and Dawson Knox at 3.7, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (3.6 and 4.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Dawson Knox this week yet, so his 3.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.7 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Dawson Knox yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 3.7 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 3.6 and 4.7 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 0.2 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Tommy Tremble 0.4 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.

Tommy Tremble and CAR visit GB on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

GB allowed 9.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 33 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against GB.

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

Injury status

Dawson Knox is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble 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, Tommy Tremble played 55 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 3 against CLE: 37 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 6 against PHI: 54 of 79 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tommy Tremble, Week 7 against TB: 27 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 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, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Dawson Knox over Jonnu Smith.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Eli Raridon.
• Start Gunnar Helm over Tommy Tremble.