Start Cade Otton or Gunnar Helm? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Cade Otton over Gunnar Helm in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Cade Otton at 7.7 points and Gunnar Helm at 5.2, a gap of 2.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.7 fantasy points for Cade Otton, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Cade Otton at 30.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (15, 13 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Gunnar Helm, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Gunnar Helm at 17.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Cade Otton 2.4 points ahead of Gunnar Helm on the market projections.

Injury status

Cade Otton is not on the injury report.

Gunnar Helm is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Cade Otton played 94 percent of TB snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Cade Otton, Week 1 against CIN: 56 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Gunnar Helm played 79 percent of TEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Gunnar Helm, Week 1 against NYJ: 38 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 28 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 2 against PHI: 46 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 3 against NYG: 49 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Gunnar Helm, Week 4 against BAL: 46 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Gunnar Helm played 16 games for TEN and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

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

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Cade Otton over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cade Otton.
• Start AJ Barner over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Brock Bowers over Gunnar Helm.
• Start Gunnar Helm over Cole Kmet.