Sam LaPorta or Jalen Coker: 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 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Coker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 12.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 65th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

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 3, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 64 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 8 of 9 targets for 138 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Coker was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 3.7 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 and Jalen Coker WR69, which are two different ladders.

Sam LaPorta is a tight end and Jalen Coker 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 Jalen Coker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jalen Coker is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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