Cade Otton or Darnell Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cade Otton at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 119th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 132nd highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Cade Otton has been on the field for 94 percent of TB snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he caught 5 of 6 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 66 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cade Otton played 16 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Cade Otton scored 7.6 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 3.1 a game between them.

Cade Otton finished TE22 that year and Darnell Washington TE39.

Cade Otton had 38 more targets than Darnell Washington, 81 to 43.

Cade Otton had 208 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 572 to 364.

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger snap share, 94 percent against 66 percent.

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 9 percent.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.