Sam LaPorta or Bhayshul Tuten: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 74th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Bhayshul Tuten at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 84th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 128.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bhayshul Tuten: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 68.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 89 percent of DET snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 2 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against NO he caught 5 of 8 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 52 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 50 percent of JAX snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 2 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 4.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CLE he carried 15 times for 66 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DEN he carried 13 times for 65 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for -3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sam LaPorta played 9 games and scored 106.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing TE27.

He caught 40 of 49 targets for 489 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He carried 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 more yards.

That came to 5.5 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bhayshul Tuten was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 6.0 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 and Bhayshul Tuten RB53, which are two different ladders.

Sam LaPorta is a tight end and Bhayshul Tuten a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Sam LaPorta is off in Week 6 and Bhayshul Tuten in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.6 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.