Isaiah Likely or Dontayvion Wicks: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 163.

Our board does not carry Dontayvion Wicks at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and the sportsbooks have no priced market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

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 104th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Dontayvion Wicks, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 74 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 14.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 2 of 4 targets for 73 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 74 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 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks scored 5.4 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 1.0 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 and Dontayvion Wicks WR83, which are two different ladders.

Isaiah Likely is a tight end and Dontayvion Wicks 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. No bye is listed for Dontayvion Wicks.

What would change the answer

Dontayvion Wicks has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.