Sam LaPorta or Kyle Pitts Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kyle Pitts Sr. at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 137th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Pitts Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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 4, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 53 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 10.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Sam LaPorta 11.9, 0.5 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 that year and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 69 more targets than Sam LaPorta, 118 to 49.

Kyle Pitts Sr. had 439 more receiving yards than Sam LaPorta, 928 to 489.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 53 percent.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

5.9 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.