Oronde Gadsden or Pat Freiermuth: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Oronde Gadsden at 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 225 players the market prices.

The player markets price Pat Freiermuth at 7.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 124th highest figure of the 225 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Oronde Gadsden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 2.1 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 that year and Pat Freiermuth TE25.

Oronde Gadsden had 15 more targets than Pat Freiermuth, 69 to 54.

Oronde Gadsden had 178 more receiving yards than Pat Freiermuth, 664 to 486.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 45 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 13 percent each.

What would change the answer

0.7 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.