Sam LaPorta or Isaiah Likely: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 64th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 87 percent of DET snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 52 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 4 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 13 targets for 84 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 67 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 5 of 10 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sam LaPorta played 9 games and scored 106.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing TE27.

He caught 40 of 49 targets for 489 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 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 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 7.5 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 that year and Isaiah Likely TE45.

Sam LaPorta had 13 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 49 to 36.

Sam LaPorta had 182 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 489 to 307.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 67 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 32 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Sam LaPorta is off in Week 6 and Isaiah Likely in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Isaiah Likely is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.9 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.