Charlie Kolar or Oronde Gadsden: Who Should You Start?

2026 Week 1 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

Start Gadsden — the projection and snap share edges are too wide to ignore.

Oronde Gadsden projects 4.8 to Kolar's 2.3 and plays a 63% snap share to Kolar's 40%. No signal favors Kolar this week. The gap is comfortable.

Charlie Kolar

Charlie Kolar

TE26LACvs ARI

Projected Points

Sit· high
Oronde Gadsden

Oronde Gadsden

TE26LACvs ARI

Projected Points

Sit

Why Charlie Kolar

Sit· high

TE1 in a blocking-first role. Large-frame in-line piece with limited target volume.

Kolar is a 40% snap, 5% target-share TE2 with a 2.3-point projection — TE26 is below any startable line in 12-team PPR.

  • ARI ranks 27 of 32 against TEs (one of the softer matchups, 0-game sample).
  • Vegas implies 28.5 team points as 11.5-point favorites.
  • Listed TE on the latest depth chart with a 40% snap share in 2025.

The call

  • The usage is the whole story: 40% snap share and a 5% target share across 13 games means he's a blocking-first TE, not a pass-game piece.
  • A 2.3-point consensus projection at TE26 sits well under replacement level — nearly any streaming TE offers a higher floor and ceiling.
  • The DvP composite ranks ARI 27 of 32 (softest end), but it's a 0-game sample with 0.00 confidence, so there's no matchup edge to lean on.
  • The 28.5 implied total and -11.5 spread point to a run-heavy, ball-control second half, which further caps his target volume rather than boosting it.

Why Oronde Gadsden

Sit

Sit — TE26 consensus, projects TE35 this week: ARI is the 6th-softest matchup vs TEs, 28.5 implied team total.

  • ARI ranks 27 of 32 against TEs (one of the softer matchups, 0-game sample).
  • Vegas implies 28.5 team points as 11.5-point favorites.
  • Listed TE on the latest depth chart with a 63% snap share in 2025.

Latest on Gadsden

Role

Oronde Gadsden is working to improve as a blocker in order to earn as many snaps as possible.

How Tre' Harris & Oronde Gadsden Have Approached Mike McDaniel's Offensechargers.com · Aug 8, 2026

Head-to-head stats

MetricCharlie KolarOronde Gadsden
Projected points
Consensus rankTE26TE26
Opponent vs positionARI · 27 of 320-game sampleARI · 27 of 320-game sample
Receptions30 of 3230 of 32
Receiving Yards30 of 3230 of 32
Receiving TDs26 of 3226 of 32
Targets24 of 3224 of 32
Anytime TD26 of 3226 of 32
Target share5%(2025)14%(2025)
Reception share5%(2025)15%(2025)
Implied total · spread28.5-11.528.5-11.5
Depth chartTE1TE3
Snap share40%(2025)63%(2025)

Signal breakdown

  • 2.3 vs 4.8 projected PPR pointsOronde Gadsden +
  • Rank 26 vs 26Oronde Gadsden +
  • Opponent DvP rank 27 vs 27 (32 = softest)even
  • Implied 28.5 vs 28.5 team pointseven
  • No injury designationseven
  • 40% vs 63% snap shareOronde Gadsden +

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