Isaiah Likely or Travis Etienne Jr.: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 100th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price Travis Etienne Jr. at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 102nd highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 161.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 58 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against DAL he caught 8 of 8 targets for 78 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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

Through Week 2, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 57 percent of NO snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 8 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 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.

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

Isaiah Likely is a tight end and Travis Etienne Jr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.0 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.