Colston Loveland or Oronde Gadsden: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Colston Loveland at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

The player markets price Oronde Gadsden at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 87 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 9 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 45 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 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.

Colston Loveland was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Oronde Gadsden 8.8, 1.6 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 that year and Oronde Gadsden TE15.

Colston Loveland had 13 more targets than Oronde Gadsden, 82 to 69.

Colston Loveland had 49 more receiving yards than Oronde Gadsden, 713 to 664.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 45 percent.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Oronde Gadsden.

What would change the answer

2.0 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.