Start Harold Fannin or Sam LaPorta? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Sam LaPorta in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Harold Fannin Jr. at 9.7 points and Sam LaPorta at 11.8, a gap of 2.1. 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 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.5 and 9.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Sam LaPorta this week yet, so his 11.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (11.5 and 12.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Sam LaPorta yet. His market-based projections were 11.5 and 12.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 11.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Harold Fannin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 9.5 and 9.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Sam LaPorta 2.1 points ahead of Harold Fannin Jr. on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

GB allowed 9.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 32 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against GB.

Harold Fannin Jr. and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 10.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 29 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Harold Fannin Jr. 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 7

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, 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.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against PIT: 12 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown, 11.0 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against BUF: 57 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19.5 PPR points.

Harold Fannin Jr., Week 15 of 2025 against CHI: 55 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 14 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 12.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Sam LaPorta over Cade Otton.
• Start Sam LaPorta over Dalton Schultz.
• Start Sam LaPorta over Hunter Henry.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Cade Otton.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Dalton Schultz.