Isaiah Likely or Courtland Sutton: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 101st highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 106th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 163.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 86.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 58 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against DAL he caught 8 of 8 targets for 78 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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

Through Week 2, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 74 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he caught 2 of 5 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 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 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 8.5 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 and Courtland Sutton WR13, which are two different ladders.

Isaiah Likely is a tight end and Courtland Sutton a wide receiver, 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 Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.