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Trade Sam LaPorta for Tee Higgins? Yes, Higgins is worth 10 more.

Yes on value. Tee Higgins is worth 35 rest of season and Sam LaPorta 25, so the side getting Higgins gains 10. LaPorta rates 11.8 market points a game with 11 games left, Higgins 12.3 with 11. On usage, LaPorta has drawn 20 percent of DET targets; Higgins has drawn 25 percent of CIN targets. LaPorta is on bye in Week 6; Higgins is on bye in Week 6. Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Getting Tee Higgins wins by 10.

Sam LaPorta 2535 Tee Higgins

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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

Tee Higgins

WR22CIN

35

value, #47

Pts/game
12.3
Games left
11
Bye
6
Tee Higgins weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5
12.313.64.1

Where the values come from

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.

Higgins is the 22nd receiver on the chart and 47th overall. His 12.3 a game is 3.2 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 6, which is how he comes to 35.

The weekly market prices

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.

The market priced Tee Higgins at 12.3 in Week 3, 13.6 in Week 4 and 4.1 in Week 5, a median of 12.3 points a game, down 8.2 from his first frozen week to his latest.

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Points so far against the price

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.

Tee Higgins has scored 75.3 PPR points in 5 games, 15.1 a game, 2.8 a game more than the 12.3 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR15 with 211.6 PPR points in 15 games, 14.1 a game.

Week 1 vs TB: 8.9 points (WR42 that week), 3 of 6 targets for 59 yards, 72 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs HOU: 14.5 points (WR19 that week), 5 of 10 targets for 95 yards, 72 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs PIT: 21.0 points (WR8 that week), 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards, 1 touchdown, 93 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs JAX: 26.7 points (WR6 that week), 11 of 16 targets for 157 yards, 79 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs MIA: 4.2 points (WR68 that week), 2 of 4 targets for 22 yards.

Usage a game this season

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.

Through Week 4, Tee Higgins has averaged 9.8 targets and 6.3 catches for 100 yards a game on 79 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 2 times inside the 20, 6 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 4 games.

In Week 4 against JAX he had 16 targets on 79 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

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

What would even it

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

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Common questions

  • Should I trade Sam LaPorta for Tee Higgins?

    Yes on value: Tee Higgins is worth 35 and Sam LaPorta 25, a gain of 10. If Sam LaPorta starts for you and Tee Higgins would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, Sam LaPorta or Tee Higgins?

    Tee Higgins, 35 to 25. He rates 12.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 11.8 over 11 for Sam LaPorta, 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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