Kyle Pitts Sr. or Oronde Gadsden: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Oronde Gadsden at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 137th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 53 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 45 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 10.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Oronde Gadsden 8.8, 3.6 a game between them.

Kyle Pitts Sr. finished TE2 that year and Oronde Gadsden TE15.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 49 more targets than Oronde Gadsden, 118 to 69.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 264 more receiving yards than Oronde Gadsden, 928 to 664.

This season Kyle Pitts Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 45 percent.

This season Oronde Gadsden holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Pitts Sr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Oronde Gadsden.

What would change the answer

Oronde Gadsden has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.