Should I start Oronde Gadsden or Dawson Knox in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Oronde Gadsden, and the board ranks him 177th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dawson Knox, and the board ranks him 179th 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 Dawson Knox, 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, Dawson Knox has been on the field for 69 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 1 of 1 target for 0 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 Dawson Knox played 17 games and scored 103.7 PPR points, 6.1 a game, finishing TE28.

He caught 36 of 49 targets for 417 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dawson Knox was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Dawson Knox 6.1, 2.7 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 that year and Dawson Knox TE28.

Oronde Gadsden had 20 more targets than Dawson Knox, 69 to 49.

Oronde Gadsden had 247 more receiving yards than Dawson Knox, 664 to 417.

This season Dawson Knox holds the bigger snap share, 69 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 Dawson Knox.