Brenton Strange or Oronde Gadsden: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brenton Strange: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brenton Strange at 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 115th highest figure of the 216 players the market prices.

The market has Oronde Gadsden at 8.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Oronde Gadsden's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 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 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Oronde Gadsden was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brenton Strange scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Oronde Gadsden 8.8, 1.1 a game between them.

Brenton Strange finished TE23 that year and Oronde Gadsden TE15.

Oronde Gadsden had 9 more targets than Brenton Strange, 69 to 60.

Oronde Gadsden had 124 more receiving yards than Brenton Strange, 664 to 540.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 45 percent.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 13 percent.

What would change the answer

Oronde Gadsden is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.