Start Isaiah Likely or Dalton Schultz? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Isaiah Likely over Dalton Schultz in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Likely at 12.7 points and Dalton Schultz at 8.0, a gap of 4.7.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.0 fantasy points for Dalton Schultz, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dalton Schultz is 31 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (11, 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 Isaiah Likely 4.7 points ahead of Dalton Schultz on the market projections.

Injury status

Dalton Schultz is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dalton Schultz played 61 percent of HOU snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Dalton Schultz, Week 2 against CIN: 54 of 80 snaps, 14 targets and 12 catches for 140 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 3 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 4 against DAL: 35 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Dalton Schultz, Week 5 against TEN: 34 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards.

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, Dalton Schultz played 17 games for HOU and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 419 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 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 Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Isaiah Likely over AJ Barner.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely.