Start Sam LaPorta or Tyler Warren? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Tyler Warren over Sam LaPorta in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Tyler Warren at 11.0 points and Sam LaPorta at 11.0, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tyler Warren this week yet, so his 11.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (10.1 and 11.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Tyler Warren at ADP 67 and Sam LaPorta at 111.

What the market projects

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).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Tyler Warren yet. His market-based projections were 10.1 and 11.9 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 11.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Sam LaPorta 0.0 points ahead of Tyler Warren on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Tyler Warren and IND host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 19.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 69 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against MIA.

By points allowed to the position, Tyler Warren has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Sam LaPorta is not on the injury report.

Tyler Warren is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Tyler Warren played 87 percent of IND snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Warren, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 41 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 5 against PIT: 67 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 9 targets and 7 catches for 83 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tyler Warren, Week 8 against JAX: 44 of 61 snaps, 10 targets and 4 catches for 18 yards.

Tyler Warren, Week 9 against DAL: 53 of 64 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 44 yards.

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, 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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Sam LaPorta over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Sam LaPorta.
• Start Sam LaPorta over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Tyler Warren over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Tyler Warren.
• Start Tyler Warren over Chig Okonkwo.