Oronde Gadsden or Michael Pittman Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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TE18 · LAC · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Market price
- 8.2 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 124
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
WR51 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rec yds line 5-12
- Market price
- 7.8 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 125
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 19
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size292 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Pittman Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
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 Michael Pittman Jr., 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 so far
Through Week 5, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 45 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 16 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.
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.
In Week 5 against DEN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.
In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.
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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 Michael Pittman Jr. in the last completed season.
Side by side
Oronde Gadsden is a tight end and Michael Pittman Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Oronde Gadsden.
Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.
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