Start Isaiah Likely or Dalton Kincaid? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Isaiah Likely over Dalton Kincaid in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Likely at 12.7 points and Dalton Kincaid at 11.6, a gap of 1.1. 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 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).

Player markets imply 11.6 fantasy points for Dalton Kincaid, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid is 47 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 34% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Likely 1.1 points ahead of Dalton Kincaid on the market projections.

Injury status

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Dalton Kincaid is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Dalton Kincaid played 67 percent of BUF snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 2 against DET: 49 of 74 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 3 against LAC: 44 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 38 yards.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 4 against NE: 35 of 59 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Dalton Kincaid, Week 5 against LAR: 45 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 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, Dalton Kincaid played 12 games for BUF and scored 126.1 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE20.

He caught 39 of 49 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 312 air yards.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

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