Start Colston Loveland or Sam LaPorta? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Colston Loveland over Sam LaPorta
Wrong: 0.0 to 9.8
- Books imply
- 2.5
- fantasy pts
- CAR D vs TE
- 11.5
- 14th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 87%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 8%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
- NO D vs TE
- 11.3
- 13th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 81%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 21%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 9.8
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Colston Loveland over Sam LaPorta in Week 1.
Colston Loveland is priced by the books at 2.5 projected points. Sam LaPorta has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Colston Loveland at ADP 61 and Sam LaPorta at 89. Market coverage on Colston Loveland is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 2.5 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 33 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Sam LaPorta in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Colston Loveland and CHI visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CAR allowed 11.5 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 14th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and a touchdown against CAR.
Sam LaPorta and DET host NO.
NO allowed 11.3 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 53 yards and no touchdowns against NO.
By points allowed to the position, Colston Loveland has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Colston Loveland was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Sam LaPorta was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.
He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.
He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Colston Loveland, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 13 targets and 10 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown, 25.1 PPR points.
Colston Loveland, Week 17 of 2025 against SF: 54 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards, 1 touchdown, 21.4 PPR points.
Colston Loveland, Week 16 of 2025 against GB: 53 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards, 6.0 PPR points.
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.
How Week 1 went
Colston Loveland scored 0.0 PPR points and Sam LaPorta scored 9.8.
The call was wrong: Sam LaPorta outscored Colston Loveland by 9.8.
Colston Loveland finished 2.5 points below the 2.5 the props implied.
Colston Loveland, Week 1 against CAR: 65 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Sam LaPorta, Week 1 against NO: 62 of 77 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 48 yards, 9.8 PPR points.
Sam LaPorta finished as the week's TE17 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE3 · CHI · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 10-6
- Overall rank
- 71
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
TE23 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 197
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board126
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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