Oronde Gadsden or Woody Marks: who should I start in Week 5?

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 Woody Marks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Oronde Gadsden at 8.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Woody Marks at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 216 players the market prices.

Oronde Gadsden's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Woody Marks has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 8 times for 8 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Woody Marks was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Woody Marks scored 9.4 PPR points a game and Oronde Gadsden 8.8, 0.7 a game between them.

Oronde Gadsden finished TE15 and Woody Marks RB29, which are two different ladders.

Oronde Gadsden is a tight end and Woody Marks a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Woody Marks is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Oronde Gadsden.

What would change the answer

Oronde Gadsden is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.