Ravens TE Isaiah Likely suffered a “small foot fracture” during Tuesday’s practice, ESPN reports. The issue could keep him out into the early part of the regular season.

Update: Likely will have surgery this week to repair the broken bone in his foot and is tentatively expected to be sidelined for about six weeks, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Baltimore’s season kicks off in 5.5 weeks.

What They’re Saying

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler: “If all goes well, it’s an early season return and Week 1 is possible.”

2025 Fantasy Football Impact

Don’t overlook these key details:

“If all goes well””possible”

Likely’s not going to spend all of August sitting down, so there’s a chance that all doesn’t go well. And the best-case scenario apparently calls Week 1 a possibility, not even his expected return date.

Whenever Likely gets back onto the field, we should also expect a ramp-up period. And even a full-strength Likely remains the No. 2 TE, behind Mark Andrews.

This injury — even if it proves relatively minor — should be enough to keep Likely from getting drafted in most fantasy football leagues of 12 teams or fewer.

We’ll keep track of his progress.

Other Winners & Losers

Likely averaged 3.6 targets per game last season, so there will be some opportunity available should he miss regular-season games.

Free-agent addition DeAndre Hopkins might stand to win the most from that absence. Hopkins should prove especially attractive as an end-zone target, an area that Likely also factors heavily into.

Second-year WR Devontez Walker has also garnered slight buzz this summer. Perhaps he finds more playing time if Likely’s out.

Ultimately, I wouldn’t draft any Ravens player higher now than I was before the Likely injury. That said, Andrews gains some attractiveness at his TE7 ADP.