Mark Andrews or Sam LaPorta: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Mark Andrews at 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 77th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Sam LaPorta at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 79th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mark Andrews: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 133.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 128.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 71 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 89 percent of DET snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 2 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against NO he caught 5 of 8 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 52 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Mark Andrews was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Mark Andrews 7.7, 4.2 a game between them.

Mark Andrews finished TE16 that year and Sam LaPorta TE27.

Mark Andrews had 21 more targets than Sam LaPorta, 70 to 49.

Sam LaPorta had 67 more receiving yards than Mark Andrews, 489 to 422.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 71 percent.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Mark Andrews is off in Week 13 and Sam LaPorta in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.