Sam LaPorta Week 8 projections

Projected stat line

Built from the player markets: each stat is what the market implies, with the margin removed, scored in PPR.

Floor and ceiling

Floor

5.0

Projection

11.9

Ceiling

20.5

The floor is a 1 in 10 bad week and the ceiling a 1 in 10 big week, set around his projection with the typical week to week spread for a TE. A range, not a promise.

Matchup

Week 8: DET vs. MIN. MIN allows the 32nd most fantasy points to TEs (6.9 a game). For a TE, that is a tough matchup.

Ranked by fantasy points allowed per game to the position, 1 being the most.

Last 3 games

• Oct 25 vs GB: 2 targets, 1 catch, 18 receiving yards
• Oct 11 vs ARI: 5 targets, 5 catches, 88 receiving yards
• Oct 5 vs CAR: 13 targets, 8 catches, 84 receiving yards

Start or sit Sam LaPorta this week

• Start Colston Loveland or Sam LaPorta?
• Start Dallas Goedert or Sam LaPorta?
• Start Dalton Kincaid or Sam LaPorta?

Week 8 TE projections near him

• Tucker Kraft 11.1
• T.J. Hockenson 9.9
• Darren Waller 5.9