Rome Odunze or Isaiah Likely: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rome Odunze: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Rome Odunze at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Isaiah Likely at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rome Odunze's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 81 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 7 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 3 of 9 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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.

Isaiah Likely was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rome Odunze scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 7.8 a game between them.

Rome Odunze finished WR41 and Isaiah Likely TE45, which are two different ladders.

Rome Odunze 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

Rome Odunze is off in Week 10 and Isaiah Likely in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.