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Should I start Isaiah Likely or Kenyon Sadiq in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 9:36 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

TE · NYG · at HOU

Market projects
11.2
recent weeks avg
HOU D vs TE
10.6
11th fewest to TEs (2026)
Upside
Rising
70 of 100 at TE
Snap share
74%
Through Week 6
Target share
29%
Through Week 6

TE · NYJ · vs MIA

Market projects
8.1
recent weeks avg
MIA D vs TE
19.8
4th most to TEs (2026)
Upside
Rising
72 of 100 at TE
Snap share
40%
Through Week 6
Target share
14%
Through Week 6
Start Likely or Sadiq? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Isaiah Likely: 79 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kenyon Sadiq's 35 percent of the snaps and 14 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.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

TE15 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection
13.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
110

TE27 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Market-based projection
5.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
144

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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 Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kenyon Sadiq, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Isaiah Likely is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Kenyon Sadiq is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Isaiah Likely's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Kenyon Sadiq has been on the field for 40 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 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.

Kenyon Sadiq is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 40 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8 and Kenyon Sadiq in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

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