Start Isaiah Likely or Dallas Goedert? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Dallas Goedert over Isaiah Likely
- WAS D vs TE
- 23.7
- 5th most to TEs (2026)
- DAL D vs TE
- 29.7
- most to TEs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Dallas Goedert over Isaiah Likely in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Dallas Goedert at ADP 127 and Isaiah Likely at 142.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Dallas Goedert in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Isaiah Likely in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Dallas Goedert and PHI host WAS.
WAS allowed 23.7 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 5th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 77 yards and 2 touchdowns against WAS.
Isaiah Likely and NYG host DAL.
DAL allowed 29.7 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 87 yards and 2 touchdowns against DAL.
By points allowed to the position, Isaiah Likely has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Dallas Goedert was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Isaiah Likely was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Dallas Goedert played 15 games for PHI 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 and 357 air yards.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Dallas Goedert, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 43 of 54 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 8 yards, 1 touchdown, 9.8 PPR points.
Dallas Goedert, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 61 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.2 PPR points.
Dallas Goedert, Week 15 of 2025 against LV: 51 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns, 25.0 PPR points.
In 2025, Isaiah Likely played 14 games for BAL 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 and 190 air yards.
He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Isaiah Likely, Week 18 of 2025 against PIT: 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards, 5.2 PPR points.
Isaiah Likely, Week 17 of 2025 against GB: 53 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 5.7 PPR points.
Isaiah Likely, Week 16 of 2025 against NE: 22 of 55 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE5 · NYG · bye 8
2025 vs catches line 5-9
- Overall rank
- 94
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
TE10 · PHI · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 5-10
- Overall rank
- 122
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board28
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 3
- Board size244 draftable players
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