Should I start Sam LaPorta or Tucker Kraft in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam LaPorta, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Sam LaPorta's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tucker Kraft is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tucker Kraft's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 82 percent of GB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 94 third down targets, had 3 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 4 of 6 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 6 of 6 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NE he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 1 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 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam LaPorta was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Sam LaPorta 11.9, 2.8 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 that year and Tucker Kraft TE24.

Sam LaPorta had 5 more targets than Tucker Kraft, 49 to 44.

Both had 489 receiving yards.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 82 percent.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Tucker Kraft has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.