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Isaiah Likely's 2025 season was crushed by a foot injury that he sustained in the preseason... After signing a lucrative deal with the Giants this offseason, Likely should be their clear starting tight end and a strong part of their passing game... Likely could easily be a solid TE1 this season and is worth a late-round dart in a ton of drafts in 2026.
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Likely projects as solid TE1 with Giants; late-round dart after foot injury recovery.

Likely's 2025 season was crushed by a foot injury sustained in the preseason, and Derek Brown can't honestly tell if he was fully healthy last season. Brown tosses the 2025 campaign in the trash and rewinds to 2024, when among 57 qualifying tight ends, Likely ranked 17th in target per route run rate, tenth in yards per route run, and eighth in first downs per route run and fantasy points per route run. After signing a lucrative deal with the Giants this offseason, Likely should be their clear starting tight end and a strong part of their passing game, with only Darnell Mooney, Darius Slayton, Calvin Austin, and Malachi Fields to contend with for targets behind Malik Nabers. Brown projects Likely could easily be a solid TE1 this season and is worth a late-round dart in a ton of drafts in 2026.

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