Start Sam LaPorta. LaPorta is projected for 12.2 PPR points vs 8.9 for Chig Okonkwo, and faces the 3rd-softest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Sam LaPorta TE · DET | Chig Okonkwo TE · WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 12.2 | 8.9 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.3 | 8.3 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.3 | 9.4 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.3 (TE12) | 9.0 (TE19) |
| Opponent | vs MIA | vs LAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 3rd-softest (19.2 pts/g allowed) | 7th-toughest (10.6 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 14% target share (last 3) | 20% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | START · TE1 | SIT · Bench |
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Start Sam LaPorta. LaPorta projects for 12.2 PPR points vs MIA, against 8.9 for Chig Okonkwo vs LAR: a 3.3-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Sam LaPorta is projected to score more: 12.2 PPR points to 8.9 for Chig Okonkwo.
The sources range from 11.3 to 13.3 for LaPorta and from 8.3 to 9.4 for Okonkwo. Even Okonkwo's highest projection is below LaPorta's lowest.
Sam LaPorta is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has LaPorta at 11.3 PPR points, against 8.3 for Chig Okonkwo.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Sam LaPorta has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has LaPorta at 13.3 PPR points, against 9.4 for Chig Okonkwo.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Sam LaPorta plays MIA and Chig Okonkwo plays LAR in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, LaPorta faces the 3rd-softest defense against TEs and Okonkwo faces the 7th-toughest defense against TEs, so Sam LaPorta has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Sam LaPorta has drawn 14% of his team's targets, and Chig Okonkwo 20% of his team's targets.
Chig Okonkwo has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Chig Okonkwo.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Sam LaPorta nor Chig Okonkwo has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Sam LaPorta is projected by 5 of them and Chig Okonkwo by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.