Isaiah Likely shone in his debut with the Giants, achieving a career-high 27.8 PPR points. He found the endzone multiple times as part of his 8 receptions on eight targets for 78 yards opening week performance. Pending tomorrow’s Monday Night Football standalone game, Likely's 27.8 PPR points lead all TEs in Week 1.
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Likely’s massive week one outburst for the Giants comes after signing a three-year, $40 million contract with the team this past free agency. It’s a contract that’s paying immediate dividends for Jaxson Dart, who threw two of his 3 touchdowns to the fifth year TE.
There were a multitude of reports coming out during training camp about Likely being one of the young QB's favorite targets, and that appears like something that is going to carry over into the regular season.
Every week isn’t going to end with Likely sitting atop the TE leaderboard, especially with Malik Nabers not fully integrated back into the offense yet.
But with his route participation expected to be that of a full-time TE for the first time in his career, TE1 production is now the expectation over the remainder of the season.
