Should I start Sam LaPorta or Dallas Goedert in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dallas Goedert, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Sam LaPorta is 2.6 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.

The market-based projection for Dallas Goedert is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 89 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.

Through Week 8, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 30 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 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dallas Goedert was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Dallas Goedert scored 12.3 PPR points a game and Sam LaPorta 11.9, 0.5 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 that year and Dallas Goedert TE7.

Dallas Goedert had 33 more targets than Sam LaPorta, 82 to 49.

Dallas Goedert had 102 more receiving yards than Sam LaPorta, 591 to 489.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 67 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 Dallas Goedert in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.