Should I start Will Mallory or Oronde Gadsden in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Will Mallory, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Oronde Gadsden, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Will Mallory is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Oronde Gadsden is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Will Mallory's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Will Mallory has been on the field for 45 percent of IND snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 2 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Will Mallory played 2 games and scored 2.6 PPR points, 1.3 a game, finishing TE113.

He caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0-1 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 16.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 13 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Oronde Gadsden was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Oronde Gadsden scored 8.8 PPR points a game and Will Mallory 1.3, 7.5 a game between them.

Will Mallory finished TE113 that year and Oronde Gadsden TE15.

Oronde Gadsden had 68 more targets than Will Mallory, 69 to 1.

Oronde Gadsden had 648 more receiving yards than Will Mallory, 664 to 16.

This season Oronde Gadsden holds the bigger snap share, 48 percent against 45 percent.

This season Will Mallory holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

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