Start Tyler Warren or Sam LaPorta? Week 1
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Tyler Warren over Sam LaPorta
Right: 10.3 to 9.8
- Books implied
- 2.1
- pre-game
- BAL D vs TE
- 10.3
- 12th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 93%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 17%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 10.3
- PPR pts
- 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
Our Week 1 call
Start Tyler Warren over Sam LaPorta in Week 1.
Tyler Warren is priced by the books at 2.1 projected points. Sam LaPorta has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Tyler Warren at ADP 68 and Sam LaPorta at 89. Market coverage on Tyler Warren is 33 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 2.1 fantasy points for Tyler Warren, with 33 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Sam LaPorta in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Tyler Warren and IND host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
BAL allowed 10.3 fantasy points to TEs in its one game this season, the 12th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 13 yards and a touchdown against BAL.
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
Tyler Warren 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, Tyler Warren played 17 games for IND and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.
He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets and 343 air yards.
He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Tyler Warren, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 8 targets and 5 catches for 26 yards, 7.6 PPR points.
Tyler Warren, Week 17 of 2025 against JAX: 49 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 43 yards, 9.3 PPR points.
Tyler Warren, Week 16 of 2025 against SF: 53 of 60 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 30 yards, 6.0 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
Tyler Warren scored 10.3 PPR points and Sam LaPorta scored 9.8.
The call was right: Tyler Warren outscored Sam LaPorta by 0.5.
Tyler Warren finished 8.2 points above the 2.1 the props implied.
Tyler Warren, Week 1 against BAL: 50 of 54 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 13 yards, 1 touchdown, 10.3 PPR points.
Tyler Warren finished as the week's TE14 in PPR scoring.
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.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
TE6 · IND · bye 13
2025 vs rec yds line 3-14
- Overall rank
- 63
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
TE23 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 198
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board135
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 3 and tier 8
- Board size242 draftable players
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