DK Metcalf or Sam LaPorta: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 77th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 79th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 84.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 128.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 4 of 10 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 9 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 89 percent of DET snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 2 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against NO he caught 5 of 8 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 52 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

DK Metcalf was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Sam LaPorta 11.9, 0.6 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 and Sam LaPorta TE27, which are two different ladders.

DK Metcalf is a wide receiver and Sam LaPorta a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9 and Sam LaPorta in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.