Should I start Cade Otton or Sam LaPorta in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 8:26 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Cade Otton: 93 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Sam LaPorta's 87 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Cade Otton for Sam LaPorta?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Sam LaPorta projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.8 a game over 11 games), Cade Otton 77 (7.7 a game over 10 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Cade Otton

TE21 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Market-based projection: 7.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 123

Sam LaPorta

TE · DET · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Market-based projection: 11.5 pts a game Wk 5 price
Overall rank: 309

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The gap

Board size332 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cade Otton, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 309th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Cade Otton, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Sam LaPorta, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Cade Otton has been on the field for 93 percent of TB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cade Otton played 16 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 93 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.

Cade Otton was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Cade Otton 7.6, 4.2 a game between them.

Cade Otton finished TE22 that year and Sam LaPorta TE27.

Cade Otton had 32 more targets than Sam LaPorta, 81 to 49.

Cade Otton had 83 more receiving yards than Sam LaPorta, 572 to 489.

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 88 percent.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Cade Otton is off in Week 10 and Sam LaPorta in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Cade Otton for Sam LaPorta?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Sam LaPorta projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.8 a game over 11 games), Cade Otton 77 (7.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Sam LaPorta for Cade Otton?
No. Keep Sam LaPorta: he projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.8 a game over 11 games), Cade Otton 77 (7.7 a game over 10 games).