Davante Adams or Isaiah Likely: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 20th highest figure of the 186 players the books 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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

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.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Davante Adams has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 11.5 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 and Isaiah Likely TE45, which are two different ladders.

Davante Adams is a wide receiver and Isaiah Likely a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and Isaiah Likely in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.6 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.