Sam LaPorta or Cam Skattebo: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 65th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cam Skattebo at 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Skattebo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 87 percent of DET snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 4, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 65 percent of NYG snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 12 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

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 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam LaPorta was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Sam LaPorta 11.9, 4.1 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 and Cam Skattebo RB37, which are two different ladders.

Sam LaPorta is a tight end and Cam Skattebo 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 Cam Skattebo in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.1 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 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 market price when it does.