Should I start Isaiah Likely or Cade Otton in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 4:11 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Cade Otton: 93 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Isaiah Likely's 77 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets. 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 Cade Otton for Isaiah Likely?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Isaiah Likely projects 100 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 10 games), Cade Otton 77 (7.7 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

Cade Otton

TE21 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection: 7.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 124

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The gap

Board size328 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 Cade Otton, and the board ranks him 124th 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 Cade Otton, 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, Cade Otton has been on the field for 93 percent of TB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 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 Cade Otton played 16 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cade Otton was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cade Otton scored 7.6 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 3.2 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 that year and Cade Otton TE22.

Cade Otton had 45 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 81 to 36.

Cade Otton had 265 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 572 to 307.

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 70 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8 and Cade Otton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Cade Otton for Isaiah Likely?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Isaiah Likely projects 100 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 10 games), Cade Otton 77 (7.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Isaiah Likely for Cade Otton?
No. Keep Isaiah Likely: he projects 100 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 10 games), Cade Otton 77 (7.7 a game over 10 games).