Isaiah Likely or Brenton Strange: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Brenton Strange at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 113th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brenton Strange: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 67 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 5 of 10 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 4, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 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 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaiah Likely was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brenton Strange scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 5.4 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 that year and Brenton Strange TE23.

Brenton Strange had 24 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 60 to 36.

Brenton Strange had 233 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 540 to 307.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 67 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 32 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Brenton Strange.

Isaiah Likely is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.