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Trade Denzel Boston for Sam LaPorta? Yes, LaPorta is worth 10 more.

Yes on value. Sam LaPorta is worth 25 rest of season and Denzel Boston 15, so the side getting LaPorta gains 10. Boston rates 10.5 market points a game with 11 games left, LaPorta 11.8 with 11. On usage, Boston has drawn 19 percent of CLE targets; LaPorta has drawn 20 percent of DET targets. Boston hosts BAL in Week 6 (7th most points allowed to WRs); LaPorta is on bye in Week 6. Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Getting Sam LaPorta wins by 10.

Denzel Boston 1525 Sam LaPorta

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Denzel Boston

WR27CLE

15

value, #66

Pts/game
10.5
Games left
11
Bye
11
Denzel Boston weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
10.58.110.5

Sam LaPorta

TE7DET

25

value, #57

Pts/game
11.8
Games left
11
Bye
6
Sam LaPorta weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
11.511.812.4

Where the values come from

Boston is the 27th receiver on the chart and 66th overall. His 10.5 a game is 1.4 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 15.

LaPorta is the 7th tight end on the chart and 57th overall. His 11.8 a game is 2.3 above the replacement tight end's 9.5, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 6, which is how he comes to 25.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Denzel Boston at 10.5 in Week 3, 8.1 in Week 4 and 10.5 in Week 5, a median of 10.5 points a game, flat across them.

The market priced Sam LaPorta at 11.5 in Week 3, 11.8 in Week 4 and 12.4 in Week 5, a median of 11.8 points a game, up 0.9 from his first frozen week to his latest.

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Points so far against the price

Denzel Boston has scored 69.0 PPR points in 5 games, 13.8 a game, 3.3 a game more than the 10.5 the market prices him at from here.

Week 1 vs JAX: 13.9 points (WR24 that week), 2 of 4 targets for 59 yards, 1 touchdown, 92 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs TB: 20.5 points (WR12 that week), 5 of 7 targets for 95 yards, 1 touchdown, 93 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs CAR: 8.1 points (WR52 that week), 2 of 4 targets for 41 yards, 89 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs PIT: 12.9 points (WR30 that week), 4 of 7 targets for 89 yards, 95 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs NYJ: 13.6 points (WR20 that week), 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

Sam LaPorta has scored 76.6 PPR points in 5 games, 15.3 a game, 3.5 a game more than the 11.8 the market prices him at 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.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Denzel Boston has averaged 5.5 targets and 3.3 catches for 71 yards a game on 92 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 3 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 2 touchdowns in 4 games.

In Week 4 against PIT he had 7 targets on 95 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Sam LaPorta has averaged 8.0 targets and 5.5 catches for 57 yards a game on 87 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 9 times inside the 20, 16 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 2 touchdowns in 4 games.

In Week 4 against CAR he had 13 targets on 79 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Denzel Boston has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 11; Sam LaPorta has 11 games with his bye in Week 6.

BAL, Boston's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 37.9 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 7th most to WRs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Denzel Boston would want about 10 more added to make it even: a player like Carnell Tate, valued at 11. Two players for LaPorta also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

  • Should I trade Denzel Boston for Sam LaPorta?

    Yes on value: Sam LaPorta is worth 25 and Denzel Boston 15, a gain of 10. If Denzel Boston starts for you and Sam LaPorta would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, Denzel Boston or Sam LaPorta?

    Sam LaPorta, 25 to 15. He rates 11.8 market points a game over 11 games left, against 10.5 over 11 for Denzel Boston, 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. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

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