Start Oronde Gadsden or Chig Okonkwo? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Oronde Gadsden over Chig Okonkwo in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Oronde Gadsden at 8.2 points and Chig Okonkwo at 7.4, a gap of 0.8. 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 8.2 fantasy points for Oronde Gadsden, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Oronde Gadsden at 32.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.4 fantasy points for Chig Okonkwo, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Chig Okonkwo at 24.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 16 market sources).

That puts Oronde Gadsden 0.8 points ahead of Chig Okonkwo on the market projections.

Injury status

Oronde Gadsden is not on the injury report.

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Oronde Gadsden played 45 percent of LAC snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Oronde Gadsden, Week 1 against ARI: 10 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Chig Okonkwo played 57 percent of WAS snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 1 against PHI: 39 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 4 against IND: 37 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Chig Okonkwo played 17 games for TEN and scored 124.0 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing TE21.

He caught 56 of 79 targets for 560 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 218 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 5 targets and 2 catches for 2 yards, 2.2 PPR points.

Their other Week 5 calls

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