Should I start Rhamondre Stevenson or Isaiah Likely in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Rhamondre Stevenson's market-based projection is 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 49th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Isaiah Likely's market-based projection is 13.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 55th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 13 times for 64 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 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.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 8.4 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 and Isaiah Likely TE45, which are two different ladders.

Rhamondre Stevenson is a running back 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

Rhamondre Stevenson is off in Week 11 and Isaiah Likely in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.6 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.