Should I start Sam LaPorta or Denzel Boston in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 103rd 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 7 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 Denzel Boston is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 so far

Through Week 5, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 88 percent of DET snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 5 of 5 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 92 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 4 of 7 targets for 89 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 5 targets for 15 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.

Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Sam LaPorta is a tight end and Denzel Boston a wide receiver, 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 Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.