Start Brock Bowers or Isaiah Likely? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 18.7 points and Isaiah Likely at 12.7, a gap of 6.0.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.7 fantasy points for Brock Bowers, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 79 receiving yards and 6-7 receptions, with a 51% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.7 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 and 5-6 receptions, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 6.0 points ahead of Isaiah Likely on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 12.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 60 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against BUF.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Brock Bowers played 78 percent of LV snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 5 against NE: 42 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 110 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Isaiah Likely played 70 percent of NYG snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Likely, Week 2 against LAR: 40 of 58 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 33 yards.

Isaiah Likely, Week 3 against TEN: 54 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Isaiah Likely, Week 4 against ARI: 44 of 67 snaps, 12 targets and 7 catches for 66 yards.

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

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 6 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cole Kmet.
• Start Isaiah Likely over AJ Barner.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Brenton Strange.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Colston Loveland.