Should I start Oronde Gadsden or Noah Fant in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Oronde Gadsden's market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 153rd highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Noah Fant's market-based projection is 3.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 158th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Noah Fant: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Oronde Gadsden has been on the field for 48 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 5, Noah Fant has been on the field for 50 percent of NO snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 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 Noah Fant played 15 games and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Noah Fant 5.0, 3.8 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 that year and Noah Fant TE37.

Oronde Gadsden had 28 more targets than Noah Fant, 69 to 41.

Oronde Gadsden had 376 more receiving yards than Noah Fant, 664 to 288.

This season Noah Fant holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 48 percent.

This season Oronde Gadsden holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.