Start Isaiah Likely. Likely is projected for 12.1 PPR points vs 11.5 for Ladd McConkey, and faces the 3rd-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Isaiah Likely TE · NYG | Ladd McConkey WR · LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 12.1 | 11.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.5 | 10.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.7 | 13.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.0 (TE8) | 11.0 (WR31) |
| Opponent | vs PHI | vs HOU |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-toughest (9.5 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (37.3 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 23% target share (last 3) | 9% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | WR |
| Our call | START · TE1 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Isaiah Likely. Likely projects for 12.1 PPR points vs PHI, against 11.5 for Ladd McConkey vs HOU: a 0.6-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Isaiah Likely is projected to score more: 12.1 PPR points to 11.5 for Ladd McConkey.
The sources range from 11.5 to 12.7 for Likely and from 10.5 to 13.0 for McConkey. The ranges overlap, so McConkey outscoring Likely is a realistic result.
Isaiah Likely is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Likely at 11.5 PPR points, against 10.5 for Ladd McConkey.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Ladd McConkey has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has McConkey at 13.0 PPR points, against 12.7 for Isaiah Likely.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Isaiah Likely plays PHI and Ladd McConkey plays HOU in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Likely faces the 3rd-toughest defense against TEs and McConkey faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs, so Ladd McConkey has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Isaiah Likely has drawn 23% of his team's targets, and Ladd McConkey 9% of his team's targets.
Isaiah Likely has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Isaiah Likely.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Isaiah Likely nor Ladd McConkey has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Isaiah Likely is projected by 5 of them and Ladd McConkey by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.