Isaiah Likely or Deebo Samuel Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

The player markets price Deebo Samuel Sr. at 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 67 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 7 of 12 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 60 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 2.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

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

Isaiah Likely is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.