Should I start Sam LaPorta or Blake Corum in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Sam LaPorta's market-based projection is 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Blake Corum's market-based projection is 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Blake Corum, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 88 percent of DET snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 4 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 13 targets for 84 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 5 of 5 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Blake Corum has been on the field for 27 percent of LAR snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 5 times for 14 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 5 times for 19 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ARI he carried 9 times for 42 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 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 Blake Corum played 17 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He carried 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 more yards.

That came to 8-9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Blake Corum was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Blake Corum 7.2, 4.7 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 and Blake Corum RB40, which are two different ladders.

Sam LaPorta is a tight end and Blake Corum 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 Blake Corum in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.