Should I start Sam LaPorta or Rachaad White 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 67th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Rachaad White's market-based projection is 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 215 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 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rachaad White, and the board ranks him 57th 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, Rachaad White has been on the field for 52 percent of WAS snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 7 times for 27 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 11 times for 55 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LAR he carried 7 times for 28 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 41 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 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rachaad White was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 3.5 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 and Rachaad White RB32, which are two different ladders.

Sam LaPorta is a tight end and Rachaad White a running back, 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 Rachaad White in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.1 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.