Should I start Isaiah Likely or Braelon Allen in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 11:11 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Isaiah Likely: 77 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Braelon Allen's 74 percent of the snaps and 67 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Isaiah Likely for Braelon Allen?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Braelon Allen projects 141 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 10 games), Isaiah Likely 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Isaiah Likely

TE4 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection: 13.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 32

Braelon Allen

RB14 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection: 13.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 33

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The gap

Board size332 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Isaiah Likely, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Braelon Allen, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 70 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 59 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 7 of 12 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 13 targets for 94 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 6 of 11 targets for 99 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 49 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against CHI he carried 14 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he carried 24 times for 116 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he carried 17 times for 78 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaiah Likely played 14 games and scored 61.7 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing TE45.

He caught 27 of 36 targets for 307 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Braelon Allen played 4 games and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.

He carried 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaiah Likely was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Isaiah Likely scored 4.4 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 0.6 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 and Braelon Allen RB100, which are two different ladders.

Isaiah Likely is a tight end and Braelon Allen a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8 and Braelon Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Isaiah Likely for Braelon Allen?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Braelon Allen projects 141 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 10 games), Isaiah Likely 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Braelon Allen for Isaiah Likely?
No. Keep Braelon Allen: he projects 141 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 10 games), Isaiah Likely 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games).