Isaiah Likely Fantasy Football Week 2: Stats and Projections vs. Rams

New York Giants tight end Isaiah Likely will take on the team with last season's 19th-ranked passing defense, the Los Angeles Rams (216.7 yards conceded per game), in Week 2 -- beginning at 8:15 p.m. ET on Monday.

For more info on Likely, if you're thinking about him for your DFS lineup, read this piece before his upcoming game versus the Rams.

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Isaiah Likely Week 2 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams
• Game Date: September 21, 2026
• Game Time: 8:15 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 6.3
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 8.5
• Projected Receiving Yards: 45.61
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.31

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Likely 2025 Fantasy Performance

• Likely picked up 34.7 fantasy points (2.9 per game), 50th at his position and 310th in the league.
• Likely accumulated 78 yards receiving, on eight catches (eight targets), with two touchdowns and 19.8 fantasy points in his one game so far this year.
• In Week 14 last season against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Likely put up a season-high 8.5 fantasy points, with this stat line: four receptions, 25 yards and one touchdown.
• In Week 13 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Likely picked up 7.5 fantasy points, with this stat line: five receptions, 95 yards. That was his second-best showing of the season.
• In his worst game of the season -- Week 6 against the Los Angeles Rams -- Likely ended up with 0.6 fantasy points. His stat line was: two catches, six yards, on two targets.
• Likely recorded 0.8 fantasy points -- two catches, eight yards, on two targets -- in Week 8 versus the Chicago Bears, and that was his second-worst performance of the year.

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Rams Defensive Performance

• Against Los Angeles last season, three players posted more than 300 passing yards in a game.
• The Rams gave up at least one passing touchdown to 14 opposing QBs last season.
• In the passing game, Los Angeles allowed eight players to throw two or more touchdowns in a game last year.
• In the passing game, the Rams surrendered three or more passing touchdowns to four opposing quarterbacks last year.
• Los Angeles allowed seven players put up more than 100 receiving yards in a game last year.
• Against the Rams last season, 24 players caught a TD pass.
• Looking at pass defense, Los Angeles allowed only two players to catch at least two touchdown passes against it last year.
• Looking at run D, the Rams yielded more than 100 yards on the ground to only three players last season.
• On the ground, Los Angeles allowed eight players to score at least one rushing touchdown against them last season.
• Last season, the Rams didn't allow an opposing player to score two or more rushing touchdowns against them.

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