Dalton Schultz or Isaiah Likely: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Dalton Schultz at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 books. That is the 79th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 81st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dalton Schultz: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 162.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 66 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 4 of 8 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 49 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 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.

Dalton Schultz was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dalton Schultz scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 6.0 a game between them.

Dalton Schultz finished TE10 that year and Isaiah Likely TE45.

Dalton Schultz had 70 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 106 to 36.

Dalton Schultz had 470 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 777 to 307.

This season Dalton Schultz holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 49 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

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.