Start Isaiah Likely or Mark Andrews? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Isaiah Likely over Mark Andrews in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Likely at 13.4 points and Mark Andrews at 7.9, a gap of 5.5. Drafters take Isaiah Likely at ADP 144 and Mark Andrews at 137.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 13.5 fantasy points for Isaiah Likely, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Isaiah Likely is 54 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.9 fantasy points for Mark Andrews, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Mark Andrews is 28 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Likely 5.5 points ahead of Mark Andrews on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Isaiah Likely and NYG host NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 16.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against NO.

Mark Andrews and BAL visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Isaiah Likely has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Mark Andrews 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, Mark Andrews played 65 percent of BAL snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Mark Andrews, Week 5 against ATL: 55 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 28 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, 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 6 calls

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