Should I start Sam LaPorta or Khalil Shakir in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Sam LaPorta's market-based projection is 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

Khalil Shakir's market-based projection is 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Shakir, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 2 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIA he caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Khalil Shakir has been on the field for 62 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against BAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIN he caught 4 of 4 targets for 53 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 Khalil Shakir played 16 games and scored 166.4 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR36.

He caught 72 of 95 targets for 719 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Khalil Shakir was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Khalil Shakir 10.4, 1.5 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 and Khalil Shakir WR36, which are two different ladders.

Sam LaPorta is a tight end and Khalil Shakir 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 Khalil Shakir in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.4 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.