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If Isaiah Likely is out, who gets his targets?

The New York Giants room absorbs +1.19 receptions, and Theo Johnson takes the largest single share at +0.98. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the tight end room.

Where the work goes

Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.

Receptions gained if Isaiah Likely sitsTheo Johnson+1.0TE 30% snapsMalik Nabers+0.1WR 68% snapsMalachi Fields+0.1WR 74% snapsDarnell Mooney+0.1WR 58% snapschange in projected receptions

Every player in the room

PlayerCatches nowIf he sitsChange
Malik Nabers WR · 68% snaps3.603.67+0.07
Isaiah Likely TE · 67% snaps3.20—OUT
Cam Skattebo RB · 66% snaps2.902.90+0.00
Malachi Fields WR · 74% snaps2.302.37+0.07
Darnell Mooney WR · 58% snaps1.801.87+0.07
Devin Singletary RB · 31% snaps1.301.30+0.00
Theo Johnson TE · 30% snaps0.901.88+0.98
Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB · 2% snaps0.700.70+0.00

What the data says happens

Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.

RoomReceptions gainednt
Receivers+0.1072,1602.29
Tight ends+0.4921,0249.57
Backs-0.0451,259-0.92

The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.

Isaiah Likely’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection

Cascade effects 2018–2026, paired within player, net of control · projections as-of-week with no lookahead · 2026 week 4