Start Sam LaPorta. LaPorta is projected for 11.4 PPR points vs 10.3 for Dallas Goedert, and faces the 1st-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Sam LaPorta TE · DET | Dallas Goedert TE · PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.4 | 10.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.7 | 7.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.1 | 14.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.1 (TE4) | 14.0 (TE3) |
| Opponent | vs MIN | vs WAS |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-toughest (6.9 pts/g allowed) | 2nd-softest (21.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 18% target share (last 3) | 21% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | START · Strong TE1 | START · Strong TE1 |
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Start Sam LaPorta. LaPorta projects for 11.4 PPR points vs MIN, against 10.3 for Dallas Goedert vs WAS: a 1.1-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: 11.4 PPR points to 10.3 for Dallas Goedert.
The sources range from 10.7 to 12.1 for LaPorta and from 7.5 to 14.0 for Goedert. The ranges overlap, so Goedert outscoring LaPorta is a realistic result.
Sam LaPorta is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has LaPorta at 10.7 PPR points, against 7.5 for Dallas Goedert.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Dallas Goedert has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Goedert at 14.0 PPR points, against 12.1 for Sam LaPorta.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Sam LaPorta plays MIN and Dallas Goedert plays WAS in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, LaPorta faces the 1st-toughest defense against TEs and Goedert faces the 2nd-softest defense against TEs, so Dallas Goedert 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 18% of his team's targets, and Dallas Goedert 21% of his team's targets.
Dallas Goedert 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 Dallas Goedert.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Sam LaPorta nor Dallas Goedert has an injury designation for Week 8.
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 Dallas Goedert by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.