Start Isaiah Likely or Brenton Strange? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Isaiah Likely over Brenton Strange in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Likely at 11.8 points and Brenton Strange at 9.3, a gap of 2.4. No player market is posted for Brenton Strange this week yet, so his 9.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (10.0 and 8.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Isaiah Likely at ADP 144 and Brenton Strange at 202.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Brenton Strange yet. His market-based projections were 10.0 and 8.7 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 9.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brenton Strange is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for Isaiah Likely, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Isaiah Likely is 49 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Likely 2.4 points ahead of Brenton Strange on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Brenton Strange and JAX visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 12.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 43 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against TEN.

Isaiah Likely and NYG host WAS on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

WAS allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 75 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against WAS.

By points allowed to the position, Isaiah Likely has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brenton Strange is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Brenton Strange played 76 percent of JAX snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Brenton Strange, Week 5 against PHI: 58 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 68 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 6 against HOU: 54 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards.

Brenton Strange, Week 9 against BAL: 44 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Through Week 9, Isaiah Likely played 75 percent of NYG snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Likely, Week 5 against WAS: 71 of 89 snaps, 13 targets and 11 catches for 94 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Isaiah Likely, Week 6 against NO: 70 of 77 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 99 yards, 1 touchdown.

Isaiah Likely, Week 7 against HOU: 57 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Isaiah Likely, Week 9 against PHI: 50 of 67 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brenton Strange played 12 games for JAX and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 293 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Isaiah Likely played 14 games for BAL 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 and 190 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over Brenton Strange.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Dalton Kincaid.