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

Isaiah Likely and the New York Giants will face the Los Angeles Rams -- whose pass defense was ranked 19th in the NFL last season (216.7 yards allowed per game) -- in Week 2, on Monday at 8:15 p.m. ET.

For more information on Likely, if you're considering him for your daily fantasy roster, read this piece prior to his upcoming game against 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: 8.4
• Projected Receiving Yards: 45.72
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.30

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Likely 2025 Fantasy Performance

• Ranked 310th overall and 49th at his position, Likely picked up 34.7 fantasy points (2.9 per game) in 2025.
• In his one game this year, Likely picked up 19.8 fantasy points. He had 78 receiving yards on eight catches (eight targets) and two touchdowns.
• In his best game last season, Likely picked up 8.5 fantasy points -- via four receptions, 25 yards and one touchdown. That was in Week 14 versus the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• In his second-best performance last year, Likely picked up 7.5 fantasy points -- via five receptions, 95 yards -- in Week 13 against the Cincinnati Bengals.
• Likely picked up 0.6 fantasy points -- two catches, six yards, on two targets -- in Week 6 against the Los Angeles Rams, which was his poorest game of the year.
• In Week 8 against the Chicago Bears, Likely collected 0.8 fantasy points (his second-lowest total of the season), via these numbers: two receptions, eight yards, on two targets.

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Rams Defensive Performance

• Los Angeles gave up over 300 passing yards to only three QBs last season.
• The Rams gave up at least one passing TD to 14 opposing QBs last season.
• Against Los Angeles last season, eight players threw for two or more touchdowns in a game.
• Last season, the Rams allowed four players to throw for three or more TDs in a game.
• Los Angeles allowed seven players put up over 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.
• In terms of run D, the Rams allowed just three players to pile up more than 100 rushing yards in a game last season.
• In terms of run defense, Los Angeles gave up at least one rushing touchdown to eight players last season.
• In terms of run D, the Rams didn't allow two or more rushing touchdowns to any opposing players last year.

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