Isaiah Likely or T.J. Hockenson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The player markets price T.J. Hockenson at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on T.J. Hockenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 76 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

T.J. Hockenson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson scored 7.5 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 3.1 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 that year and T.J. Hockenson TE26.

T.J. Hockenson had 30 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 66 to 36.

T.J. Hockenson had 131 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 438 to 307.

This season T.J. Hockenson holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 67 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 32 percent against 26 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for T.J. Hockenson.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.