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Isaiah Likely
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TEs vs Washington Commanders

As of Week 5 · through 2 games · PPR

Isaiah Likely
Comparing
Isaiah Likely vs the Commanders
Projection 16.9 pts · 1 game played this season
Start

Showing every TE who had a role in each game.

Pts / game allowed
22.0
to all TEs
Rank
3
of 32 (1 = most allowed)
vs League
+71%
lg avg 12.9
WkTeamPlayerSlotTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1PHIPHIDallas GoedertTE15477223.7
2DALDALJake FergusonTE14443220.3
Average4.54.060.02.022.0
Median4.54.060.02.022.0
High5477223.7
Low4443220.3

Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.

Prediction for Isaiah Likely

Nobody knows which slot Isaiah Likely will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Commanders.

If Isaiah Likely plays as
16.9
projected PPR points

I predict about 16.9 points for Isaiah Likely if playing as a TE1. Isaiah Likely has averaged 27.8 over 1 game, and the Commanders have given up 22.0 to TE1s (+114% vs the league average of 10.3).

How this projection is built

1. The player. Isaiah Likely scored: Wk 1 27.8. Average 27.8; weighted toward recent games it is 13.0.

2. The defense. Over 2 games, the Commanders allowed 22.0 points to their opponent's TE1. The league average for that slot is 10.3, so that is +114%.

3. Trusting small samples less. With 2 defensive games, only 40% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a +30% adjustment (x1.30).

4. Result. 13.0 x 1.30 = 16.9. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.

It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.

Chance to score

Type a point total to see how likely Isaiah Likely is to reach it as a TE1.

42%
chance of 17+ PPR points
Why this percentage?

The projection (16.9) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 10.1 points, leaning on Isaiah Likely's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical TE swings before that).

Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 17.

With only 1 game of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.

Insights

  • all TEs have averaged 4.0 receptions, 60.0 receiving yards and 2.0 receiving TDs per player-game against the Commanders across 2 games.
  • The Commanders allow 22.0 PPR points to the position per game, +71% versus the league average of 12.9 (ranked 3 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a favorable matchup.
  • 2 of 2 player-games reached 7+ PPR points. Scores range from 20.3 to 23.7 (median 22.0).
  • Every player-game in the sample cleared 40 receiving yards.
  • all TEs scored a touchdown in 2 of 2 player-games (100%).
  • Small sample: only 2 games so far. Treat these numbers as directional, not settled.

Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.

What do these columns mean?
Wk
Week of the season
Tgt
Targets (passes thrown to the player)
Rec
Receptions
ReYd
Receiving yards
ReTD
Receiving touchdowns
Car
Carries (rushing attempts)
RuYd
Rushing yards
RuTD
Rushing touchdowns
Cmp / Att
Completions and pass attempts
PaYd / PaTD
Passing yards and touchdowns
INT
Interceptions thrown
FGM / FGA
Field goals made and attempted
FPts
Fantasy points in your scoring format
Sck / TO
Defense: sacks and takeaways
PA
Points allowed by a defense
G
Games in the sample
vs Lg
Percent above or below the league average
Start / Sit · Isaiah Likely
Start16.9 proj pts
Medium confidence

Isaiah Likely usually plays as the team's TE1, so the verdict uses the TE1 numbers, not the slot selected above.

  • Isaiah Likely averages 27.8 PPR points over 1 game (recent-weighted 27.8) and has played as the team's TE1.
  • The Commanders have allowed 22.0 points to TE1s over 2 games (+114% vs league). The model applies 40% of that gap because the sample is small, giving a +30% adjustment.
  • Last season's average (5.6) is blended in at 67% weight because this season's sample is small.
  • Projection: 16.9 points.
  • For reference, a typical weekly starter-level TE scores about 13.1 and a top-tier one about 19.6.
  • A statistical model from box scores, Vegas lines, weather and injury tags. It cannot see role changes or in-game events.

Isaiah Likely's stats vs the Commanders

Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Commanders, plus a projection for this game.

What is this table?

Rows at the top are every game Isaiah Likely has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.

Compare against picks which group of Commanders opponents to line them up with: the best TE they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Isaiah Likely will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.

Commanders avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Isaiah Likely's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Isaiah Likely usually produces.

Projected is Isaiah Likely's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Commanders were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.

Compare against
WkOppTgtRecReYdReTDFPts
1DAL8878227.8
Likely avg8.08.078.02.027.8
Commanders All avg4.54.060.02.022.0
Difference-3.5-4.0-18.0+0.0-5.8
Projected10.410.4101.42.616.9

Difference is what the defense allows minus what Likely averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.