Parker Washington or Isaiah Likely: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Isaiah Likely's market-based projection is 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 59th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 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.

Parker Washington was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Parker Washington scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 7.1 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 and Isaiah Likely TE45, which are two different ladders.

Parker Washington is a wide receiver 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

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and Isaiah Likely in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.