Oronde Gadsden or Calvin Ridley: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Oronde Gadsden at 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 168th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 169th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 184.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 18 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 1 of its 1 two minute target.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 64 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Oronde Gadsden was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 2.0 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 and Calvin Ridley WR116, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Oronde Gadsden is off in Week 7 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.