Start Chig Okonkwo or Oronde Gadsden? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Oronde Gadsden in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 7.2 points and Oronde Gadsden at 7.1, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo this week yet, so his 7.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (7.7 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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

No Week 6 player market is posted for Chig Okonkwo yet. His market-based projections were 7.7 and 6.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Chig Okonkwo a 23% chance to score a touchdown (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 Chig Okonkwo 0.1 points ahead of Oronde Gadsden on these projections.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Oronde Gadsden is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Chig Okonkwo played 61 percent of WAS snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 11 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.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 5 against NYG: 44 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 60 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, 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.

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