Start Evan Engram or Oronde Gadsden? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Oronde Gadsden over Evan Engram in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Oronde Gadsden at 7.1 points and Evan Engram at 5.8, a gap of 1.3. 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

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 15% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.8 fantasy points for Evan Engram, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Evan Engram is 22 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Oronde Gadsden 1.3 points ahead of Evan Engram on these projections.

Injury status

Oronde Gadsden is not on the injury report.

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Evan Engram played 58 percent of DEN snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 2 against JAX: 32 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 3 against LAR: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 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, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Oronde Gadsden over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Oronde Gadsden.
• Start Cade Otton over Oronde Gadsden.
• Start AJ Barner over Evan Engram.
• Start Brenton Strange over Evan Engram.
• Start Brock Bowers over Evan Engram.