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Should I start Isaiah Likely or Eli Raridon in Week 8?

Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET.

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Start Isaiah Likely: 85 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Eli Raridon's 56 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Eli Raridon for Isaiah Likely?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Isaiah Likely projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Isaiah Likely

TE18 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 3-4

Overall rank
112

Eli Raridon

TE20 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection
6.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
117

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 117th 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 4 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 Eli Raridon is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 51 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 56 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 4 targets for 5 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.

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 51 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8 and Eli Raridon in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Eli Raridon for Isaiah Likely?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Isaiah Likely projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

  • Should I drop Isaiah Likely for Eli Raridon?

    No. Keep Isaiah Likely: he projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games).

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