Start Cade Otton or Oronde Gadsden? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Cade Otton over Oronde Gadsden in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Cade Otton at 7.6 points and Oronde Gadsden at 7.1, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Oronde Gadsden this week yet, so his 7.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.0, 6.1 and 8.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.6 fantasy points for Cade Otton, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cade Otton is 31 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (7, 7 and 12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Oronde Gadsden yet. His market-based projections were 7.0, 6.1 and 8.2 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Oronde Gadsden a 18% chance to score a touchdown (10 market sources).

That puts Cade Otton 0.5 points ahead of Oronde Gadsden on these projections.

Injury status

Cade Otton is not on the injury report.

Oronde Gadsden is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Oronde Gadsden played 48 percent of LAC snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Oronde Gadsden, Week 2 against LV: 30 of 68 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Oronde Gadsden, Week 3 against BUF: 39 of 69 snaps, 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Oronde Gadsden, Week 4 against SEA: 39 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 8 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards.

Oronde Gadsden, Week 5 against DEN: 39 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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, Oronde Gadsden played 15 games for LAC 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 and 443 air yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Cade Otton over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.
• Start Cade Otton over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Oronde Gadsden over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Oronde Gadsden.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Oronde Gadsden.