Start Isaiah Likely or Colston Loveland? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Isaiah Likely over Colston Loveland in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Likely at 10.5 points and Colston Loveland at 9.1, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Colston Loveland at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Isaiah Likely, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Isaiah Likely at 41.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (14, 10 and 15 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Likely 1.4 points ahead of Colston Loveland on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Colston Loveland and CHI visit GB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

GB allowed 10.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 4 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 33 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against GB.

Injury status

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Likely is listed as questionable with a knee injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Colston Loveland played 87 percent of CHI snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Colston Loveland, Week 1 against CAR: 65 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 2 against MIN: 64 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 3 against PHI: 57 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 31 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 4 against NYJ: 86 of 93 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Through Week 4, Isaiah Likely played 67 percent of NYG snaps, drew 32 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Likely, Week 1 against DAL: 34 of 69 snaps, 8 targets and 8 catches for 78 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.

He was on the field for 63 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 5 calls

• Start Colston Loveland over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Brenton Strange.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Dalton Schultz.