Start Isaiah Likely or Mark Andrews? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Isaiah Likely over Mark Andrews in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Likely at 10.6 points and Mark Andrews at 8.5, a gap of 2.1.

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 27% chance to score a touchdown (17, 15 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Mark Andrews, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Mark Andrews at 30.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (17, 15 and 17 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Likely 2.1 points ahead of Mark Andrews on the market projections.

Injury status

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Mark Andrews 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 4, Mark Andrews played 63 percent of BAL snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Mark Andrews, Week 1 against IND: 49 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 49 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 2 against NO: 41 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 49 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 3 against DAL: 33 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

Mark Andrews, Week 4 against TEN: 37 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Mark Andrews played 17 games for BAL and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 321 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Isaiah Likely over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Colston Loveland.
• Start Mark Andrews over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Mark Andrews.
• Start Mark Andrews over Cade Otton.