Isaiah Likely or Jaylen Waddle: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 131 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 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 36.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 70 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 5, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 68 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 7 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 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 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 7.7 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 and Jaylen Waddle WR24, which are two different ladders.

Isaiah Likely is a tight end and Jaylen Waddle 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 Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.5 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.