Should I start Sam LaPorta or Keenan Allen in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 7:21 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Sam LaPorta: 87 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Keenan Allen's 57 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Keenan Allen for Sam LaPorta?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Sam LaPorta projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.8 a game over 11 games), Keenan Allen 86 (8.6 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Sam LaPorta

TE3 · DET · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 3-2

Market-based projection: 12.0 pts a game

Keenan Allen

WR14 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Market-based projection: 11.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 25

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keenan Allen, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Sam LaPorta's market-based projection is 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 161 players with a market-based projection.

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

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, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he caught 8 of 11 targets for 82 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 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 1.1 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 and Keenan Allen WR29, which are two different ladders.

Sam LaPorta is a tight end and Keenan Allen 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 Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Keenan Allen for Sam LaPorta?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Sam LaPorta projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.8 a game over 11 games), Keenan Allen 86 (8.6 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Sam LaPorta for Keenan Allen?
No. Keep Sam LaPorta: he projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.8 a game over 11 games), Keenan Allen 86 (8.6 a game over 10 games).