Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Sam LaPorta? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Sam LaPorta over Kyle Pitts Sr.
Right: 9.8 to 0.0
- 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
- Books imply
- 5.2
- fantasy pts
- PIT D vs TE
- 0.0
- fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 63%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 5%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Sam LaPorta over Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 1.
Kyle Pitts Sr. is priced by the books at 5.2 projected points and Sam LaPorta is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Sam LaPorta at ADP 100 and Kyle Pitts Sr. at 84.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Sam LaPorta in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
PIT allowed 0.0 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 0 yards and no touchdowns against PIT.
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, Sam LaPorta has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Kyle Pitts Sr. 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, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games for ATL and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.
He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 528 air yards.
He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 11.8 PPR points.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 49 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against ARI: 67 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.7 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
Sam LaPorta scored 9.8 PPR points and Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 0.0.
The call was right: Sam LaPorta outscored Kyle Pitts Sr. by 9.8.
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.
Kyle Pitts Sr. finished 5.2 points below the 5.2 the props implied.
Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 1 against PIT: 38 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE6 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs rec yds line 7-10
- Overall rank
- 103
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
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 board94
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 3 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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