Should I start Isaiah Likely or Dallas Goedert in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dallas Goedert, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Isaiah Likely is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Isaiah Likely's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 13 targets for 94 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 6 of 11 targets for 99 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaiah Likely played 14 games 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.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dallas Goedert was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 7.9 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 that year and Dallas Goedert TE7.

Dallas Goedert had 46 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 82 to 36.

Dallas Goedert had 284 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 591 to 307.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 67 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8 and Dallas Goedert in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.