Should I start Oronde Gadsden or Cole Kmet in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Oronde Gadsden's market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 153rd highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Cole Kmet's market-based projection is 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 157th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cole Kmet: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 181st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

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 Cole Kmet played 16 games and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cole Kmet was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Cole Kmet 4.9, 3.8 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 that year and Cole Kmet TE36.

Oronde Gadsden had 21 more targets than Cole Kmet, 69 to 48.

Oronde Gadsden had 317 more receiving yards than Cole Kmet, 664 to 347.

This season Cole Kmet holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 48 percent.

This season Oronde Gadsden holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Oronde Gadsden is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Cole Kmet.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.