Should I start Cade Otton or Gavin Bartholomew in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cade Otton, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Gavin Bartholomew, and the board ranks him 215th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cade Otton is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Gavin Bartholomew is 0.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Cade Otton's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Cade Otton has been on the field for 95 percent of TB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against DAL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Gavin Bartholomew has been on the field for 31 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 5 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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.

The season feed carries no line for Gavin Bartholomew in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 31 percent.

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Cade Otton is off in Week 10 and Gavin Bartholomew in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.