Should I start Sam LaPorta or Dalton Kincaid in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 2:31 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 9 verdict
Start Sam LaPorta over Dalton Kincaid
- Market projects
- 11.6
- recent weeks avg
- MIA D vs TE
- 21.1
- 3rd most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 89%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 11.1
- recent weeks avg
- MIN D vs TE
- 6.9
- fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 68%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 8
Start Sam LaPorta: 88 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Kincaid's 68 percent of the snaps and 15 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 Dalton Kincaid for Sam LaPorta?
Not on these numbers alone. Dalton Kincaid projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 9 games) and Sam LaPorta 106 (11.8 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Sam LaPorta over Dalton Kincaid.
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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.
TE12 · DET · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 3-4
- Market-based projection
- 11.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 89
TE14 · BUF · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 10.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 97
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The gap
- Board size297 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 Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 97th 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 Dalton Kincaid is 2.5 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.
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, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 27 two minute targets.
His 35 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.
In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against LV he caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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 Dalton Kincaid played 12 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE20.
He caught 39 of 49 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.
That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Dalton Kincaid was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Dalton Kincaid 10.5, 1.4 a game between them.
Sam LaPorta finished TE27 that year and Dalton Kincaid TE20.
Both had 49 targets.
Dalton Kincaid had 82 more receiving yards than Sam LaPorta, 571 to 489.
This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 68 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 18 percent each.
Byes and availability
Sam LaPorta is off in Week 6 and Dalton Kincaid in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Sam LaPorta?
Not on these numbers alone. Dalton Kincaid projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.7 a game over 9 games) and Sam LaPorta 106 (11.8 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Sam LaPorta over Dalton Kincaid.
Should I drop Sam LaPorta for Dalton Kincaid?
Not on these numbers alone. Sam LaPorta projects 106 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.8 a game over 9 games) and Dalton Kincaid 105 (11.7 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Sam LaPorta over Dalton Kincaid.
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