Should I start Brock Purdy or Sam LaPorta in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Purdy, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Brock Purdy is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Sam LaPorta is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Brock Purdy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 98 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 231 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 231 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.

In Week 5 against SEA he completed 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 8 yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he completed 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against ATL he completed 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

Through Week 8, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 31.6 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 9 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Brock Purdy scored 20.8 PPR points a game and Sam LaPorta 11.9, 8.9 a game between them.

Brock Purdy finished QB24 and Sam LaPorta TE27, which are two different ladders.

Brock Purdy is a quarterback and Sam LaPorta a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Brock Purdy is off in Week 8 and Sam LaPorta in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.