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Trade Jayden Daniels for Sam LaPorta? Yes, LaPorta is worth 12 more.

Yes on value. Sam LaPorta is worth 28 rest of season and Jayden Daniels 16, so the side getting LaPorta gains 12. Daniels rates 18.5 market points a game with 10 games left, LaPorta 11.9 with 11. On usage, Daniels has thrown 28.5 passes and run 5.8 times a game; LaPorta has drawn 20 percent of DET targets. Daniels is on bye in Week 7; 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 12.

Jayden Daniels 1628 Sam LaPorta

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Jayden Daniels

QB4WAS

16

value, #65

Pts/game
18.5
Games left
10
Bye
7
Jayden Daniels weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7
no projectionno projection18.019.0no projection

Sam LaPorta

TE6DET

28

value, #49

Pts/game
11.9
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

Daniels is the 4th quarterback on the chart and 65th 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 7, which is how he comes to 16.

LaPorta is the 6th tight end on the chart and 49th overall. His 11.9 a game is 2.5 above the replacement tight end's 9.4, over 11 games left with no bye left, which is how he comes to 28.

The weekly projections

Parlae's market-based projections had Jayden Daniels at 18.0 in Week 5 and 19.0 in Week 6, a median of 18.5 points a game, up 1.0 from his first frozen week to his latest.

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 11.9 points a game, flat across them.

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Points so far against the price

Jayden Daniels has scored 85.7 PPR points in 4 games, 21.4 a game, 2.9 a game more than the 18.5 he is projected for from here.

Last season he finished QB34 with 117.3 PPR points in 7 games, 16.8 a game.

Week 1 vs PHI: 17.7 points (QB14 that week), 164 passing yards, 2 touchdown passes, 31 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs DAL: 14.7 points (QB19 that week), 96 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass, 69 rushing yards, 55 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs NYG: 32.3 points (QB2 that week), 199 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 103 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 6 vs SF: 21.0 points (QB7 that week), 300 passing yards, 2 touchdown passes, 10 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Sam LaPorta has scored 76.6 PPR points in 5 games, 15.3 a game, 3.4 a game more than the 11.9 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, Jayden Daniels has averaged 28-29 attempts, 190 passing yards and 1.3 touchdown passes a game, with 5.8 runs for 54 yards on 88 percent of the snaps.

In Week 6 against SF he went 29 of 38 for 300 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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. Jayden Daniels has 10 games in it with his bye in Week 7; Sam LaPorta has 11 games with no bye left.

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 Jayden Daniels would want about 12 more added to make it even: a player like Devaughn Vele, valued at 12. Two players for LaPorta also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

  • Should I trade Jayden Daniels for Sam LaPorta?

    Yes on value: Sam LaPorta is worth 28 and Jayden Daniels 16, a gain of 12. If Jayden Daniels starts for you and Sam LaPorta would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, Jayden Daniels or Sam LaPorta?

    Sam LaPorta, 28 to 16. He rates 11.9 market points a game over 11 games left, against 18.5 over 10 for Jayden Daniels, 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 5:06 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number