Should I start Oronde Gadsden or Dalton Kincaid in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Oronde Gadsden, and the board ranks him 237th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 262nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Oronde Gadsden, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Dalton Kincaid, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 48 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 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 Dalton Kincaid played 12 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE20.

He caught 39 of 49 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Oronde Gadsden was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Oronde Gadsden 8.8, 1.7 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.

Oronde Gadsden had 20 more targets than Dalton Kincaid, 69 to 49.

Oronde Gadsden had 93 more receiving yards than Dalton Kincaid, 664 to 571.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 48 percent.

This season Dalton Kincaid holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Dalton Kincaid is listed as questionable on the injury report.