Jeremiyah Love or Sam LaPorta: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jeremiyah Love at 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 55th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 64th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jeremiyah Love: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 10; 2QB: ADP 29.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jeremiyah Love has been on the field for 50 percent of ARI snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he carried 9 times for 29 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SF he carried 21 times for 90 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYG he carried 14 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -8 yards and did not score.

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

Jeremiyah Love is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Jeremiyah Love is a running back 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

Jeremiyah Love is off in Week 14 and Sam LaPorta in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.9 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.