Should I start Charlie Kolar or Oronde Gadsden in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Charlie Kolar's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 123rd highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

Oronde Gadsden's market-based projection is 5.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 126th highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Charlie Kolar: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

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

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 48 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Charlie Kolar played 17 games and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 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.

Charlie Kolar was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 6.6 a game between them.

Charlie Kolar finished TE62 that year and Oronde Gadsden TE15.

Oronde Gadsden had 54 more targets than Charlie Kolar, 69 to 15.

Oronde Gadsden had 522 more receiving yards than Charlie Kolar, 664 to 142.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 48 percent.

This season Oronde Gadsden holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.5 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.