Should I start Isaiah Likely or Matthew Golden in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 3:01 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Matthew Golden: 82 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Isaiah Likely's 77 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 Matthew Golden?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Matthew Golden projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 10 games), Isaiah Likely 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games).

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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.

Isaiah Likely

TE4 · NYG · bye 8

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Market-based projection: 13.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 32

Matthew Golden

WR13 · GB · bye 11

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Market-based projection: 14.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 33

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The gap

Board size328 draftable players

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 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Golden, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 70 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, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 83 percent of GB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 14.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 3 of 7 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CHI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 123 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 6 of 13 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Matthew Golden played 14 games and scored 70.0 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing WR89.

He caught 29 of 44 targets for 361 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 12.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Golden scored 5.0 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 0.6 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 and Matthew Golden WR89, which are two different ladders.

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Isaiah Likely for Matthew Golden?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Matthew Golden projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 10 games), Isaiah Likely 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Matthew Golden for Isaiah Likely?
No. Keep Matthew Golden: he projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.5 a game over 10 games), Isaiah Likely 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games).