Start Travis Kelce or Sam LaPorta? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Sam LaPorta over Travis Kelce
Wrong: 9.8 to 10.1
- 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
- 8.6
- fantasy pts
- DEN D vs TE
- 13.5
- 14th most to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 71%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 20%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 10.1
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start Sam LaPorta over Travis Kelce in Week 1.
Travis Kelce is priced by the books at 8.6 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 89 and Travis Kelce at 127.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Sam LaPorta in Week 1.
Player prop markets imply 8.6 fantasy points for Travis Kelce, with 70 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
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.
Travis Kelce and KC host DEN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
DEN allowed 13.5 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 14th most in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 85 yards and no touchdowns against DEN.
By points allowed to the position, Travis Kelce has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Sam LaPorta was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Travis Kelce 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, Travis Kelce played 17 games for KC and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.
He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 428 air yards.
He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Travis Kelce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 6 targets and 3 catches for 12 yards, 4.2 PPR points.
Travis Kelce, Week 17 of 2025 against DEN: 42 of 43 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards, 8.6 PPR points.
Travis Kelce, Week 16 of 2025 against TEN: 35 of 45 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1.6 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
Sam LaPorta scored 9.8 PPR points and Travis Kelce scored 10.1.
The call was wrong: Travis Kelce outscored Sam LaPorta by 0.3.
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.
Travis Kelce finished 1.5 points above the 8.6 the props implied.
Travis Kelce, Week 1 against DEN: 49 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 71 yards, 10.1 PPR points.
Travis Kelce finished as the week's TE16 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE8 · KC · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 7-10
- Overall rank
- 112
- 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 board85
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 3 and tier 6
- Board size244 draftable players
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