With Malik Nabers and Darius Slayton dealing with injuries, Isaiah Likely emerged as the focal point during practices over veterans Odell Beckham Jr. and JuJu Smith-Schuster. This early momentum follows a muted 2025 campaign where Likely posted a 57.0-percent Snap Share and averaged 4.4 Fantasy Points Per Game.
Stepping into a target competition vacuum, Likely’s underlying efficiency metrics illuminates a clear path to securing a Top-12 ceiling at the position. At just 26 years old with an 84th percentile Burst Score, Likely is a high floor, high ceiling pick in seasonal leagues and fantasy football dynasty formats, in particular.
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Whatever that means, John. The bottom line is Giants beat writers expect to see a lot of 12-personnel in 2026, positioning Isaiah Likely for a statistical surge this season. Though Theo Johnson is technically more athletic, Likely is a lock for the higher volume move tight end role in New York.
Though still speculative, Likely offers significant upside as a featured passing game option for the first time in his career. Nabers can’t soak up 200 targets, which makes Likely an obvious buy in dynasty, “likely” requiring an overpay at this point in the offseason.
After a 2024 season that had many excited about Isaiah Likely’s future, his 2025 season never gained traction for a breakout, as he broke his fifth metatarsal in training camp. It took until Thanksgiving for Likely to regain his trust in his abilities. He posted 27 receptions, 307 yards and one touchdown in 14 games.
Likely understands the Ravens have given extensions to veterans Mark Andrews and Rashad Bateman. Business is business, and this probably forces him to test the market. With his athleticism and ability to be a significant weapon in the passing game, plenty of suitors will be in contact once the market opens and pen can meet paper. Likely currently has an ADP of 147 on FastDraft, which is surely to climb once he joins a new team.
Author: Dane Madoche (@FF_DaMaddog)
Rumors of a Mark Andrews demise were sorely overstated. The Ravens all time leading receiver will stay in Baltimore for 3 more years to the tune of $39.3 million.
The move comes at the surprise of those who thought Isaiah Likely would take over the TE1 role, allowing Andrews to leave in free agency. The Ravens value Andrews as does star quarterback Lamar Jackson. Andrews’ 9.2 fantasy points per game rank 19th, however the 6 seasons prior, Andrews ranked 7th or better in that metric. His dynasty value is a whole lot safer with his new 3-year deal.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
The Baltimore Ravens will be without half of their epic tight end duo with Isaiah Likely looking like he will sit out Week 1. The beneficiary is 3-time Pro Bowler Mark Andrews.
Likely had surgery on his foot this offseason and is still recovering. The news doesn’t come as much of a surprise as all reports leading up to this have indicated the timeline for Likely’s return to be in the early part of the season, leaving Week 1 murky.
Things will open up for wide receiver Zay Flowers and Mark Andrews. Lamar Jackson will certainly thrive in a game against the Buffalo Bills that has a Vegas total of 50.5. Rashod Bateman becomes a nice DFS play as well. Ironically, this sets up as a good redemption game for Mark Andrews who is ready to turn the page after a back breaking drop late in a playoff matchup last season with the aforementioned Bills.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely is expected to miss the next 6 weeks. The rising tight end is getting a broken bone in his foot repaired via surgery. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh described the time length missed as “multiple weeks.”
In the last week on Underdog, Likely has fallen 9.9 spots into the latter part of round 13. Likely is considered by many to be the best backup tight end in the NFL. ESPN recently ran a survey of NFL executives, coaches, and scouts for top tight ends in the league and Likely was ranked 8th. Mark Andrews, who is ahead of him on the depth chart, came in at 6.
Andrews has seen his ADP only climb 2.3 spots and can be drafted at the end of round 9. Andrews has presented as a bargain all offseason due to a depressed price that factors in Likely’s ascendance in 2025 and a vivid memory of Andrews struggling in the AFC Divisional matchup versus the Buffalo Bills. Andrews dropped a key 2-point conversion late in the Ravens loss to the Bills 27-25. With Likely out of the way for the foreseeable future, Andrews has a great shot at being a top-5 tight end who can be drafted in round 9.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
