Should I start Oronde Gadsden or Erick All Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Oronde Gadsden, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Oronde Gadsden is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Erick All Jr. at 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Oronde Gadsden's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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 7, Erick All Jr. has been on the field for 28 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 26 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.

The season feed carries no line for Erick All Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Oronde Gadsden holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 28 percent.

This season Oronde Gadsden holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Oronde Gadsden is off in Week 7 and Erick All Jr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Erick All Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.