Isaiah Likely or Denzel Boston: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

The player markets price Denzel Boston at 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 220 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 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th 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, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 92 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 17.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 7 targets for 95 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 4 of 7 targets for 89 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.

Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Isaiah Likely is a tight end and Denzel Boston 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 Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.