Start Sam LaPorta or Brock Bowers? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brock Bowers over Sam LaPorta in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 17.5 points and Sam LaPorta at 12.1, a gap of 5.4. No player market is posted for Brock Bowers this week yet, so his 17.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (16.4, 17.2 and 19.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 49 and Sam LaPorta at 111.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brock Bowers yet. His market-based projections were 16.4, 17.2 and 19.0 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 17.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 0.6 touchdowns (8 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.1 fantasy points for Sam LaPorta, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Sam LaPorta is 50 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (11, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 5.4 points ahead of Sam LaPorta on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 8.3 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 30 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Sam LaPorta and DET host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 9.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against GB.

By points allowed to the position, Sam LaPorta has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Sam LaPorta is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Brock Bowers played 83 percent of LV snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 5 against NE: 42 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 110 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 6 against BUF: 65 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Through Week 5, Sam LaPorta played 88 percent of DET snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Sam LaPorta, Week 2 against BUF: 64 of 65 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 52 yards, 1 touchdown.

Sam LaPorta, Week 3 against NYJ: 60 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 44 yards.

Sam LaPorta, Week 4 against CAR: 56 of 71 snaps, 13 targets and 8 catches for 84 yards, 1 touchdown.

Sam LaPorta, Week 5 against ARI: 59 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 88 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Sam LaPorta played 9 games for DET 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 and 215 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dallas Goedert.
• Start Brock Bowers over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Sam LaPorta over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Sam LaPorta.
• Start Sam LaPorta over Dallas Goedert.