Should I start Drake Maye or Isaiah Likely in Week 7?

Updated Oct 23, 2:51 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Drake Maye: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Isaiah Likely's 79 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Isaiah Likely for Drake Maye?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Drake Maye projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games), Isaiah Likely 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Drake Maye

QB1 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 3-4

Market-based projection: 19.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 50

Isaiah Likely

TE4 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection: 12.3 pts a game

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Drake Maye, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Isaiah Likely's market-based projection is 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Drake Maye has been on the field for 97 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 214 times and thrown 9.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 214 dropbacks and scrambled 20 times.

In Week 4 against BUF he completed 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 56 yards.

In Week 5 against LV he completed 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 29 yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he completed 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

Through Week 6, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 74 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 59 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 13 targets for 94 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 6 of 11 targets for 99 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Drake Maye was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 16.8 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 and Isaiah Likely TE45, which are two different ladders.

Drake Maye is a quarterback 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

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

What would change the answer

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Isaiah Likely for Drake Maye?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Drake Maye projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games), Isaiah Likely 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Drake Maye for Isaiah Likely?
No. Keep Drake Maye: he projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 9 games), Isaiah Likely 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games).