Start Isaiah Likely or Travis Kelce? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Isaiah Likely over Travis Kelce in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Isaiah Likely at 11.8 points and Travis Kelce at 11.2, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Travis Kelce this week yet, so his 11.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (11.1, 10.9 and 11.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Isaiah Likely at ADP 144 and Travis Kelce at 113.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.8 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, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Travis Kelce yet. His market-based projections were 11.1, 10.9 and 11.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 11.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 0.4 touchdowns (8 market sources).

That puts Isaiah Likely 0.5 points ahead of Travis Kelce on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Isaiah Likely and NYG host WAS on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

WAS allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 75 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Travis Kelce and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 13.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 16th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 55 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against ATL.

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

Injury status

Isaiah Likely is not on the injury report.

Travis Kelce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Isaiah Likely played 75 percent of NYG snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Likely, Week 5 against WAS: 71 of 89 snaps, 13 targets and 11 catches for 94 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Isaiah Likely, Week 6 against NO: 70 of 77 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 99 yards, 1 touchdown.

Isaiah Likely, Week 7 against HOU: 57 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Isaiah Likely, Week 9 against PHI: 50 of 67 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Travis Kelce played 77 percent of KC snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Travis Kelce, Week 6 against LAC: 40 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 53 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 7 against SEA: 44 of 53 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 8 against DEN: 54 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Travis Kelce, Week 9 against NYJ: 46 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 72 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, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Isaiah Likely over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Isaiah Likely.
• Start Isaiah Likely over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Travis Kelce over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over Chig Okonkwo.