Start Dallas Goedert or Cade Otton? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dallas Goedert over Cade Otton in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dallas Goedert at 8.6 points and Cade Otton at 7.5, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.6 fantasy points for Dallas Goedert, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 35 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (11, 8 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.5 fantasy points for Cade Otton, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cade Otton is 30 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Dallas Goedert 1.1 points ahead of Cade Otton on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Dallas Goedert and PHI host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 16.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the 9th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and a touchdown a game against CAR.

Injury status

Dallas Goedert is not on the injury report.

Cade Otton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dallas Goedert played 59 percent of PHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Dallas Goedert, Week 1 against WAS: 52 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 77 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Dallas Goedert, Week 2 against TEN: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Dallas Goedert, Week 5 against JAX: 43 of 62 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards.

Through Week 5, Cade Otton played 93 percent of TB snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Cade Otton, Week 2 against CLE: 58 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 38 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 3 against MIN: 65 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 4 against GB: 60 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 5 against DAL: 66 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dallas Goedert played 15 games for PHI and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 357 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Cade Otton played 16 games for TB and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets and 261 air yards.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Dallas Goedert over Brenton Strange.
• Start Dallas Goedert over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Colston Loveland over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Cade Otton over AJ Barner.
• Start Cade Otton over Brenton Strange.
• Start Cade Otton over Charlie Kolar.