Should I start Sam LaPorta or Tyler Warren 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 Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Sam LaPorta's market-based projection is 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 2.5 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.

Tyler Warren'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, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 87 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 10 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 4 of 7 targets for 44 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 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Warren was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 0.8 a game between them.

Sam LaPorta finished TE27 that year and Tyler Warren TE4.

Tyler Warren had 63 more targets than Sam LaPorta, 112 to 49.

Tyler Warren had 328 more receiving yards than Sam LaPorta, 817 to 489.

This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 87 percent.

This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

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