Start Mark Andrews or Oronde Gadsden? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Mark Andrews over Oronde Gadsden in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Mark Andrews at 8.5 points and Oronde Gadsden at 8.2, a gap of 0.3. 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 8.5 fantasy points for Mark Andrews, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Mark Andrews at 30.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 16 market sources).

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).

That puts Mark Andrews 0.3 points ahead of Oronde Gadsden on the market projections.

Injury status

Mark Andrews is not on the injury report.

Oronde Gadsden is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Mark Andrews played 63 percent of BAL snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 1 against IND: 49 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 49 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 2 against NO: 41 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 49 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 3 against DAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 4 against TEN: 37 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Mark Andrews played 17 games for BAL and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 321 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 5 calls

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