Should I start Sam LaPorta or Tank Dell 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 13 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Tank Dell's market-based projection is 7.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 3 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 213 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 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tank Dell, and the board ranks him 61st 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, Tank Dell has been on the field for 36 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 15.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against NYG he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 4 of 9 targets for 105 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

The season feed carries no line for Tank Dell in the last completed season.

Side by side

Sam LaPorta is a tight end and Tank Dell 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 Tank Dell in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.5 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.