Start Isaiah Likely or Brock Bowers? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 16.9 points and Isaiah Likely at 11.8, a gap of 5.2. No player market is posted for Brock Bowers this week yet, so his 16.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (17.2, 16.0 and 17.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and Isaiah Likely at 144.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Brock Bowers yet. His market-based projections were 17.2, 16.0 and 17.6 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 16.9, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 0.6 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 Brock Bowers 5.2 points ahead of Isaiah Likely on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SEA allowed 10.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 38 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SEA.

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

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Brock Bowers played 85 percent of LV snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 6 against BUF: 65 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Brock Bowers, Week 7 against LAR: 57 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 73 yards.

Brock Bowers, Week 8 against NYJ: 54 of 63 snaps, 10 targets and 7 catches for 92 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Brock Bowers, Week 9 against SF: 50 of 50 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 8 targets and 7 catches for 111 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 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 Brock Bowers over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Kincaid.
• Start Brock Bowers over George Kittle.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Brenton Strange.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Dalton Kincaid.