Should I start Isaiah Likely or Ollie Gordon II in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Isaiah Likely is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Ollie Gordon II is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 so far

Through Week 7, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 83 percent of MIA snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 5 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 19 times for 69 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Isaiah Likely scored 4.4 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 1.2 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 and Ollie Gordon II RB68, which are two different ladders.

Isaiah Likely is a tight end and Ollie Gordon II a running back, 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 Ollie Gordon II in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.