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Trade Sam LaPorta for Travis Kelce? Close to even, 26 to 32.

Close to even. On rest-of-season value Sam LaPorta is 26 and Travis Kelce is 32, a 6 point edge to Kelce that sits inside the 8 points these values cannot separate. Take the one your lineup is short of. LaPorta rates 11.8 market points a game with 11 games left, Kelce 12.3 with 11. On usage, LaPorta has drawn 20 percent of DET targets; Kelce has drawn 18 percent of KC targets. LaPorta hosts GB in Week 7 (5th fewest points allowed to TEs); Kelce is at SEA in Week 7 (3rd fewest points allowed to TEs). Travis Kelce is listed Questionable (ankle).

The verdict, Week 7

Close to even.

Sam LaPorta 2632 Travis Kelce

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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

Travis Kelce

TE4KCQuestionable

32

value, #46

Pts/game
12.3
Games left
11
Bye
5
Travis Kelce weekly market-based points
Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7
12.611.9no projection12.710.8

Where the values come from

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.

Kelce is the 4th tight end on the chart and 46th overall. His 12.3 a game is 2.9 above the replacement tight end's 9.4, over 11 games left with no bye left, which is how he comes to 32.

The weekly projections

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.

Parlae's market-based projections had Travis Kelce at 12.6 in Week 3, 11.9 in Week 4, 12.7 in Week 6 and 10.8 in Week 7, a median of 12.3 points a game, down 1.9 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 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.

Travis Kelce has scored 61.9 PPR points in 5 games, 12.4 a game, level with the 12.3 he is projected for from here.

Last season he finished TE3 with 193.2 PPR points in 17 games, 11.4 a game.

Week 1 vs DEN: 10.1 points (TE16 that week), 3 of 5 targets for 71 yards, 71 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs IND: 25.1 points (TE2 that week), 9 of 11 targets for 101 yards, 1 touchdown, 85 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs MIA: 13.9 points (TE11 that week), 2 of 2 targets for 59 yards, 1 touchdown, 79 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs LV: 3.5 points (TE32 that week), 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards, 83 percent of snaps.

Week 6 vs LAC: 9.3 points (TE18 that week), 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards, 66 percent of snaps.

Usage a game this season

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.

Through Week 6, Travis Kelce has averaged 5.4 targets and 4.0 catches for 60 yards a game on 77 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 3 times inside the 20, 5 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 2 touchdowns in 5 games.

In Week 6 against LAC he had 5 targets on 66 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 7 through Week 17. Sam LaPorta has 11 games in it with no bye left; Travis Kelce 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.

SEA, Kelce's Week 7 opponent, has allowed 9.1 PPR points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest to TEs of 32.

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Common questions

  • Should I trade Sam LaPorta for Travis Kelce?

    It is close to even: Sam LaPorta is 26 and Travis Kelce is 32 on rest-of-season value, inside the 8 points the values cannot separate. Take the one who starts for you.

  • Who has more rest-of-season value, Sam LaPorta or Travis Kelce?

    Travis Kelce, 32 to 26. 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, 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