Should I start Eli Raridon or Oronde Gadsden in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Oronde Gadsden, 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, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 49 percent of NE snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 5 of 5 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Eli Raridon holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 48 percent.

This season Oronde Gadsden holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Oronde Gadsden is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Eli Raridon.