Should I start Oronde Gadsden or Mason Taylor in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Mason Taylor, 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, 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 6, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against GB he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 3 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 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 Mason Taylor played 13 games and scored 88.9 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing TE32.

He caught 44 of 65 targets for 369 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 8.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Oronde Gadsden was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 1.9 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 that year and Mason Taylor TE32.

Oronde Gadsden had 4 more targets than Mason Taylor, 69 to 65.

Oronde Gadsden had 295 more receiving yards than Mason Taylor, 664 to 369.

This season Mason Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 48 percent.

This season Oronde Gadsden holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Oronde Gadsden is off in Week 7 and Mason Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.