Should I start Colston Loveland or Isaiah Likely in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colston Loveland, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

The market-based projection for Isaiah Likely is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 86 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 6.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 6 of 7 targets for 65 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 7 of 12 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Colston Loveland was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 5.9 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 that year and Isaiah Likely TE45.

Colston Loveland had 46 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 82 to 36.

Colston Loveland had 406 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 713 to 307.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 76 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

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