Should I start Tucker Kraft or Isaiah Likely in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Isaiah Likely is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Isaiah Likely's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 5 of 8 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 4 of 6 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 6 of 6 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 10.2 a game between them.

Tucker Kraft finished TE24 that year and Isaiah Likely TE45.

Tucker Kraft had 8 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 44 to 36.

Tucker Kraft had 182 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 489 to 307.

This season Tucker Kraft holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 76 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11 and Isaiah Likely in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Isaiah Likely has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.