Start Oronde Gadsden or Tommy Tremble? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tommy Tremble over Oronde Gadsden in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tommy Tremble at 4.8 points and Oronde Gadsden at 3.8, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (5.5 and 4.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.8 fantasy points for Oronde Gadsden, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Oronde Gadsden is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (11, 12 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 4.2 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

That puts Tommy Tremble 1.0 points ahead of Oronde Gadsden on these projections.

Injury status

Oronde Gadsden is not on the injury report.

Tommy Tremble 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 4, Tommy Tremble played 52 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 1 against CHI: 38 of 68 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 2 against ATL: 37 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 3 against CLE: 37 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 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, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 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 Tommy Tremble.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Tommy Tremble over Chig Okonkwo.