Is Isaiah Likely playing this week?
No injury designationIsaiah Likely has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Arizona Cardinals.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:33 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Bench. Projected 4.6 points, 0.0 behind #16, the last one we'd start.
Why we say bench
- Projected 4.6 points, #18 among TEs this week, 0.0 points behind #16, the last one we'd start.
- Upside: ARI's defense has allowed 36% more points to TEs than the league average.
- Averaging 7.7 targets a game.
- Played 84% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 2.5 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~21 pts
- Vegas line
- NYG underdogs by 2.5
- Game total
- 44.5
- ARI vs TEs
- 36% more points
- Last game snaps
- 84%
All week 4 tight end rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
26
Height
6'4"
Weight
241 lb
College
Coastal Carolina
Experience
4 seasons
Draft
2022 · Pick #139 (BAL)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 64.6?
His grade sits a little above the middle of the pack because no single area stood out. Efficiency, success rate and win probability were all close to average, and the one standout, a 26% target share, made little difference. A big week 1 was followed by two weak games, on only 23 targets over 3 games.
Lifting the grade
- Week 1 vs DAL, Q2 2nd and 5: a 15-yard touchdown from Dart, worth +3.0 expected points.
- Week 1 vs DAL, Q2 3rd and 10: a 19-yard catch from Dart, worth +2.0 expected points.
Holding it back
- Week 2 vs LA, Q1 2nd and 19: Winston's pass to him fell incomplete, costing 1.0 expected points.
- Week 3 vs TEN, Q1 1st and 20: another incomplete Winston pass to him, costing 0.7 expected points.
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 4. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.415
Success rate
61%
WPA (sum)
0.22
Opponent adj.
-0.052
Plays graded
23
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.0 | 3.4 | +0.3 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 4.2 | -0.1 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 7.9 | -1.4 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.