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Trade Caleb Williams for Sam LaPorta? Yes, LaPorta is worth 10 more.

Yes on value. Sam LaPorta is worth 26 rest of season and Caleb Williams 16, so the side getting LaPorta gains 10. Williams rates 18.5 market points a game with 10 games left, LaPorta 11.8 with 11. On usage, Williams has thrown 30.3 passes and run 6.0 times a game; LaPorta has drawn 20 percent of DET targets. Williams hosts NE in Week 7 (6th fewest points allowed to QBs); LaPorta hosts GB in Week 7 (5th fewest points allowed to TEs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 7

Getting Sam LaPorta wins by 10.

Caleb Williams 1626 Sam LaPorta

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Caleb Williams

QB2CHI

16

value, #63

Pts/game
18.5
Games left
10
Bye
10
Caleb Williams weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7
no projectionno projectionno projection18.518.6

Sam LaPorta

TE7DET

26

value, #51

Pts/game
11.8
Games left
11
Bye
6
Sam LaPorta weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7
11.511.812.4no projection11.9

Where the values come from

Williams is the 2nd quarterback on the chart and 63rd overall. His 18.5 a game is 1.6 above the replacement quarterback's 16.9, over 10 games left with his bye in Week 10, which is how he comes to 16.

LaPorta is the 7th tight end on the chart and 51st overall. His 11.8 a game is 2.4 above the replacement tight end's 9.4, over 11 games left with no bye left, which is how he comes to 26.

The weekly projections

Parlae's market-based projections had Caleb Williams at 18.5 in Week 6 and 18.6 in Week 7, a median of 18.5 points a game, flat across them.

Parlae's market-based projections had Sam LaPorta at 11.5 in Week 3, 11.8 in Week 4, 12.4 in Week 5 and 11.9 in Week 7, a median of 11.8 points a game, flat across them.

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Points so far against the price

Caleb Williams has scored 62.5 PPR points in 3 games, 20.8 a game, 2.3 a game more than the 18.5 he is projected for from here.

Last season he finished QB5 with 325.2 PPR points in 17 games, 19.1 a game.

Week 1 vs CAR: 37.3 points (QB1 that week), 269 passing yards, 2 touchdown passes, 65 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs MIN: 8.7 points (QB27 that week), 138 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 42 rushing yards, 86 percent of snaps.

Week 6 vs ATL: 16.5 points (QB15 that week), 305 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass, 3 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Sam LaPorta has scored 76.6 PPR points in 5 games, 15.3 a game, 3.5 a game more than the 11.8 he is projected for from here.

Last season he finished TE27 with 106.9 PPR points in 9 games, 11.9 a game.

Week 1 vs NO: 9.8 points (TE17 that week), 5 of 8 targets for 48 yards, 81 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs BUF: 17.2 points (TE9 that week), 6 of 7 targets for 52 yards, 1 touchdown, 98 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs NYJ: 7.4 points (TE25 that week), 3 of 4 targets for 44 yards, 92 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs CAR: 22.4 points (TE2 that week), 8 of 13 targets for 84 yards, 1 touchdown, 79 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs ARI: 19.8 points (TE6 that week), 5 of 5 targets for 88 yards, 1 touchdown, 89 percent of snaps.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 6, Caleb Williams has averaged 30.3 attempts, 237 passing yards and 1.0 touchdown passes a game, with 6.0 runs for 37 yards on 96 percent of the snaps.

In Week 6 against ATL he went 30 of 36 for 305 yards and 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Sam LaPorta has averaged 7.4 targets and 5.4 catches for 63 yards a game on 88 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 9 times inside the 20, 13 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 3 touchdowns in 5 games.

In Week 5 against ARI he had 5 targets on 89 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 7 through Week 17. Caleb Williams has 10 games in it with his bye in Week 10; Sam LaPorta has 11 games with no bye left.

NE, Williams's Week 7 opponent, has allowed 14.6 PPR points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest to QBs of 32.

GB, LaPorta's Week 7 opponent, has allowed 9.8 PPR points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 5th fewest to TEs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Caleb Williams would want about 10 more added to make it even: a player like Dak Prescott, valued at 11. Two players for LaPorta also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

  • Should I trade Caleb Williams for Sam LaPorta?

    Yes on value: Sam LaPorta is worth 26 and Caleb Williams 16, a gain of 10. If Caleb Williams starts for you and Sam LaPorta would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, Caleb Williams or Sam LaPorta?

    Sam LaPorta, 26 to 16. He rates 11.8 market points a game over 11 games left, against 18.5 over 10 for Caleb Williams, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

  • How are these trade values calculated?

    Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 7 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 22, 2026 at 2:11 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number