Oronde Gadsden or Marvin Harrison Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Marvin Harrison Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 19; 2QB: ADP 41.

What the player markets price

The market has Oronde Gadsden at 8.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Marvin Harrison Jr. at 7.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 125th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Marvin Harrison Jr. has been on the field for 74 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 1 of 4 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Marvin Harrison Jr. played 12 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR49.

He caught 41 of 73 targets for 608 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Oronde Gadsden was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Marvin Harrison Jr. scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Oronde Gadsden 8.8, 1.9 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 and Marvin Harrison Jr. WR49, which are two different ladders.

Oronde Gadsden is a tight end and Marvin Harrison Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Marvin Harrison Jr. is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Oronde Gadsden.

Marvin Harrison Jr. is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Oronde Gadsden is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.