Drake Maye or Sam LaPorta: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Drake Maye at 18.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Drake Maye has been on the field for 95 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 141 times and thrown 9.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 141 dropbacks and scrambled 14 times.

In Week 2 against PIT he completed 14 of 22 passes for 208 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he completed 14 of 25 passes for 199 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he completed 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 56 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Drake Maye was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Sam LaPorta 11.9, 9.3 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 and Sam LaPorta TE27, which are two different ladders.

Drake Maye is a quarterback 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

Drake Maye is off in Week 11 and Sam LaPorta in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

6.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.