Should I start Trey McBride or Isaiah Likely in Week 6?
Updated Oct 19, 8:21 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Week 6 verdict
Start Trey McBride over Isaiah Likely
Wrong: 12.3 to 23.9
- Market projected
- 16.5
- pre-game
- LAR D vs TE
- 6.4
- fewest to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 26%
- Week 6
- Scored
- 12.3
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 13.5
- pre-game
- NO D vs TE
- 16.7
- 7th most to TEs (2026)
- Target share
- 26%
- Week 6
- Scored
- 23.9
- PPR pts
Start Trey McBride: 92 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Isaiah Likely's 77 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Isaiah Likely for Trey McBride?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Isaiah Likely 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
TE2 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs anytime td line 3-3
- Market-based projection
- 16.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 13
TE4 · NYG · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 3-3
- Market-based projection
- 13.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 32
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The gap
- Board size332 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Trey McBride, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Isaiah Likely, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Trey McBride has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 18 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 40 two minute targets.
His 65 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.
In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 12 targets for 31 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against DET he caught 9 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against LAR he caught 7 of 9 targets for 53 yards and did not score.
Through Week 6, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 70 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 16 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 27 two minute targets.
His 59 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.
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.
In Week 6 against NO he caught 6 of 11 targets for 99 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Trey McBride played 17 games and scored 315.9 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing TE1.
He caught 126 of 169 targets for 1239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 32 red zone targets.
That came to 9.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 91 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.
Trey McBride was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 14.2 a game between them.
Trey McBride finished TE1 that year and Isaiah Likely TE45.
Trey McBride had 133 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 169 to 36.
Trey McBride had 932 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 1239 to 307.
This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 70 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 29 percent each.
Byes and availability
Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Isaiah Likely in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Isaiah Likely for Trey McBride?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Trey McBride projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Isaiah Likely 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Trey McBride for Isaiah Likely?
No. Keep Trey McBride: he projects 169 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 10 games), Isaiah Likely 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games).
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