Sam LaPorta or Darren Waller: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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

Our board does not carry Darren Waller at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

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 64th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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

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, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 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 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 9 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Darren Waller 9.9, 2.0 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 that year and Darren Waller TE33.

Sam LaPorta had 15 more targets than Darren Waller, 49 to 34.

Sam LaPorta had 206 more receiving yards than Darren Waller, 489 to 283.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 46 percent.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Sam LaPorta is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Darren Waller.

What would change the answer

Darren Waller has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.