Start Sam LaPorta or Harold Fannin Jr.? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Sam LaPorta in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.2 points and Sam LaPorta at 10.9, a gap of 1.7. Harold Fannin Jr. still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 73 against 111, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.3, 8.5 and 10.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.9 fantasy points for Sam LaPorta, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Sam LaPorta is 44 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 11 and 12 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 8.5 and 10.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Harold Fannin Jr. is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

That puts Sam LaPorta 1.7 points ahead of Harold Fannin Jr. on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Sam LaPorta and DET host NE on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NE allowed 11.9 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 52 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against NE.

Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE host HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 10.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against HOU.

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

Injury status

Sam LaPorta is not on the injury report.

Harold Fannin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Sam LaPorta played 90 percent of DET snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Sam LaPorta, Week 7 against GB: 66 of 68 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 18 yards.

Sam LaPorta, Week 8 against MIN: 67 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Sam LaPorta, Week 9 against MIA: 53 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Through Week 9, Harold Fannin Jr. played 84 percent of CLE snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 7 against TEN: 58 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 91 yards.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 8 against PIT: 60 of 70 snaps, 12 targets and 10 catches for 154 yards.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 9 against NO: 61 of 73 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 42 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games for CLE and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 379 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Sam LaPorta over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Sam LaPorta.
• Start Sam LaPorta over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Brenton Strange.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Dalton Kincaid.