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Trade Drake Maye for Sam LaPorta? Yes, LaPorta is worth 11 more.

Yes on value. Sam LaPorta is worth 25 rest of season and Drake Maye 14, so the side getting LaPorta gains 11. Maye rates 17.8 market points a game with 11 games left, LaPorta 11.8 with 11. On usage, Maye has thrown 29.3 passes and run 4.8 times a game; LaPorta has drawn 20 percent of DET targets. Maye hosts NYJ in Week 6 (5th fewest points allowed to QBs); LaPorta is on bye in Week 6. Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Getting Sam LaPorta wins by 11.

Drake Maye 1425 Sam LaPorta

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Drake Maye

QB6NE

14

value, #68

Pts/game
17.8
Games left
11
Bye
11
Drake Maye weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
17.717.818.5

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

Maye is the 6th quarterback on the chart and 68th overall. His 17.8 a game is 1.3 above the replacement quarterback's 16.5, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 14.

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 Drake Maye at 17.7 in Week 3, 17.8 in Week 4 and 18.5 in Week 5, a median of 17.8 points a game, up 0.9 from his first frozen week to his latest.

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

Drake Maye has scored 94.2 PPR points in 5 games, 18.8 a game, 1.0 a game more than the 17.8 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished QB2 with 360.0 PPR points in 17 games, 21.2 a game.

Week 1 vs SEA: 12.8 points (QB23 that week), 178 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass, 47 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs PIT: 9.0 points (QB25 that week), 208 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 17 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs JAX: 5.8 points (QB32 that week), 199 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 18 rushing yards, 81 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs BUF: 27.2 points (QB1 that week), 269 passing yards, 3 touchdown passes, 54 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs LV: 39.5 points (QB1 that week), 374 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes, 25 rushing yards.

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, Drake Maye has averaged 29.3 attempts, 214 passing yards and 1.0 touchdown passes a game, with 4.8 runs for 35 yards on 95 percent of the snaps.

In Week 4 against BUF he went 22 of 37 for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns.

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. Drake Maye has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 11; Sam LaPorta has 11 games with his bye in Week 6.

NYJ, Maye's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 13.7 PPR points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 5th fewest to QBs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Drake Maye would want about 11 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 Drake Maye for Sam LaPorta?

    Yes on value: Sam LaPorta is worth 25 and Drake Maye 14, a gain of 11. If Drake Maye starts for you and Sam LaPorta would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, Drake Maye or Sam LaPorta?

    Sam LaPorta, 25 to 14. He rates 11.8 market points a game over 11 games left, against 17.8 over 11 for Drake Maye, 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.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number