Start Isaiah Likely or Dallas Goedert? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Isaiah Likely over Dallas Goedert in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Likely at 10.6 points and Dallas Goedert at 10.1, a gap of 0.5. 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 10.6 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 28% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.1 fantasy points for Dallas Goedert, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Dallas Goedert at 40.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Likely 0.5 points ahead of Dallas Goedert on the market projections.

Injury status

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Dallas Goedert is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 2, Dallas Goedert played 54 percent of PHI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Dallas Goedert, Week 1 against WAS: 52 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 77 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Dallas Goedert, Week 2 against TEN: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Dallas Goedert played 15 games for PHI and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 357 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dallas Goedert, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 43 of 54 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 8 yards, 1 touchdown, 9.8 PPR points.

How Week 5 went

Isaiah Likely scored 32.4 PPR points and Dallas Goedert scored 9.8.

The call was right: Isaiah Likely outscored Dallas Goedert by 22.6.

Isaiah Likely finished 21.8 points above the 10.6 the market projected.

Isaiah Likely, Week 5 against WAS: 13 targets and 11 catches for 94 yards, 2 touchdowns, 32.4 PPR points.

Isaiah Likely finished as the week's TE1 in PPR scoring.

Dallas Goedert finished 0.3 points below the 10.1 the market projected.

Dallas Goedert, Week 5 against JAX: 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards, 9.8 PPR points.

Dallas Goedert finished as the week's TE14 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Isaiah Likely over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Colston Loveland.
• Start Dallas Goedert over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Dallas Goedert over Colston Loveland.