Start Dallas Goedert or Sam LaPorta? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Sam LaPorta over Dallas Goedert
- NO D vs TE
- 11.3
- 13th fewest to TEs (2026)
- WAS D vs TE
- 23.7
- 5th most to TEs (2026)
Our Week 1 call
Start Sam LaPorta over Dallas Goedert in Week 1.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Sam LaPorta at ADP 89 and Dallas Goedert at 124.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Sam LaPorta in Week 1.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Dallas Goedert in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
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.
Dallas Goedert and PHI host WAS.
WAS allowed 23.7 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 5th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 77 yards and 2 touchdowns against WAS.
By points allowed to the position, Dallas Goedert has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Sam LaPorta was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Dallas Goedert was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025, Dallas Goedert played 15 games for PHI and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.
He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 357 air yards.
He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Dallas Goedert, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 43 of 54 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 8 yards, 1 touchdown, 9.8 PPR points.
Dallas Goedert, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 61 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards, 1 touchdown, 12.2 PPR points.
Dallas Goedert, Week 15 of 2025 against LV: 51 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns, 25.0 PPR points.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE10 · PHI · bye 10
2025 vs rec yds line 5-10
- Overall rank
- 123
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
TE23 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 198
- 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 board75
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 3 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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