Should I start Oronde Gadsden or George Kittle 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 George Kittle, and the board ranks him 202nd 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.

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

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, George Kittle has been on the field for 78 percent of SF snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 5 of 8 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 88 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 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Oronde Gadsden was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Oronde Gadsden 8.8, 5.9 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 that year and George Kittle TE13.

Both had 69 targets.

Oronde Gadsden had 36 more receiving yards than George Kittle, 664 to 628.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 48 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Oronde Gadsden is off in Week 7 and George Kittle in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.