Start Sam LaPorta. LaPorta is projected for 12.8 PPR points vs 12.3 for Germie Bernard, and faces the 5th-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Sam LaPorta TE · DET | Germie Bernard WR · PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 12.8 | 12.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 12.7 | 11.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.9 | 13.4 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs GB | vs NO |
| Opponent vs. position | 5th-toughest (9.8 pts/g allowed) | 16th-softest (31.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 20% target share (last 3) | 20% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | WR |
| Our call | START · Strong TE1 | START · WR3 |
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Start Sam LaPorta. LaPorta projects for 12.8 PPR points vs GB, against 12.3 for Germie Bernard vs NO: a 0.5-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: 12.8 PPR points to 12.3 for Germie Bernard.
The sources range from 12.7 to 12.9 for LaPorta and from 11.6 to 13.4 for Bernard. The ranges overlap, so Bernard outscoring LaPorta is a realistic result.
Sam LaPorta is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has LaPorta at 12.7 PPR points, against 11.6 for Germie Bernard.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Germie Bernard has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Bernard at 13.4 PPR points, against 12.9 for Sam LaPorta.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Sam LaPorta plays GB and Germie Bernard plays NO in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, LaPorta faces the 5th-toughest defense against TEs and Bernard faces the 16th-softest defense against WRs, so Germie Bernard 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 20% of his team's targets, and Germie Bernard 20% of his team's targets.
Germie Bernard 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 Germie Bernard.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Sam LaPorta nor Germie Bernard has an injury designation for Week 7.
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 4 of them and Germie Bernard by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.