Start Sam LaPorta or Tucker Kraft? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Sam LaPorta over Tucker Kraft in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Sam LaPorta at 11.0 points and Tucker Kraft at 11.5, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Sam LaPorta still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 111 against 104, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Tucker Kraft this week yet, so his 11.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (12.3, 11.3 and 10.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tucker Kraft yet. His market-based projections were 12.3, 11.3 and 10.9 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 11.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 11.0 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).

That puts Tucker Kraft 0.5 points ahead of Sam LaPorta on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Tucker Kraft and GB host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 7.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 39 yards and no touchdowns a game against MIN.

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.

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

Injury status

Tucker Kraft is not on the injury report.

Sam LaPorta is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Tucker Kraft played 82 percent of GB snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Tucker Kraft, Week 6 against DAL: 58 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 37 yards.

Tucker Kraft, Week 7 against DET: 59 of 67 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tucker Kraft, Week 8 against CAR: 61 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 6 catches for 53 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tucker Kraft, Week 9 against NE: 54 of 66 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 1 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tucker Kraft played 8 games for GB and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 145 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Tucker Kraft over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tucker Kraft.
• Start Tucker Kraft over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Sam LaPorta over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Sam LaPorta.
• Start Sam LaPorta over Chig Okonkwo.