Adonai Mitchell or Oronde Gadsden: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Adonai Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Oronde Gadsden at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Adonai Mitchell, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Oronde Gadsden, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Adonai Mitchell has been on the field for 76 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 60 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against GB he caught 6 of 12 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 45 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Adonai Mitchell played 16 games and scored 87.9 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR73.

He caught 33 of 74 targets for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 45 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden played 15 games and scored 131.4 PPR points, 8.8 a game, finishing TE15.

He caught 49 of 69 targets for 664 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 3.3 a game between them.

Adonai Mitchell finished WR73 and Oronde Gadsden TE15, which are two different ladders.

Adonai Mitchell is a wide receiver and Oronde Gadsden a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Adonai Mitchell is listed as doubtful on the injury report.