Should I start Sam LaPorta or Chig Okonkwo in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Sam LaPorta's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

Chig Okonkwo's market-based projection is 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 209 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 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chig Okonkwo, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, 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 67 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against MIA he caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Chig Okonkwo has been on the field for 68 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 7 of 7 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAR he caught 6 of 7 targets for 56 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 Chig Okonkwo played 17 games and scored 124.0 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing TE21.

He caught 56 of 79 targets for 560 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chig Okonkwo was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Chig Okonkwo 7.3, 4.6 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 that year and Chig Okonkwo TE21.

Chig Okonkwo had 30 more targets than Sam LaPorta, 79 to 49.

Chig Okonkwo had 71 more receiving yards than Sam LaPorta, 560 to 489.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 68 percent.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Chig Okonkwo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.2 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.