Start Sam LaPorta. LaPorta is projected for 11.4 PPR points vs 9.4 for Harold Fannin Jr., and faces the 1st-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Sam LaPorta TE · DET | Harold Fannin Jr. TE · CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.4 | 9.4 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.7 | 8.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.1 | 10.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.1 (TE4) | 9.6 (TE14) |
| Opponent | vs MIN | vs PIT |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-toughest (6.9 pts/g allowed) | 9th-toughest (10.9 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 18% target share (last 3) | 17% target share (last 3) |
| Position | TE | TE |
| Our call | START · Strong TE1 | FLEX · Streamer |
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Start Sam LaPorta. LaPorta projects for 11.4 PPR points vs MIN, against 9.4 for Harold Fannin Jr. vs PIT: a 2.0-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 9.4 for Harold Fannin Jr..
The sources range from 10.7 to 12.1 for LaPorta and from 8.5 to 10.7 for Fannin Jr.. The ranges overlap, so Fannin Jr. 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 8.5 for Harold Fannin Jr..
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 12.1 PPR points, against 10.7 for Harold Fannin Jr..
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Sam LaPorta plays MIN and Harold Fannin Jr. plays PIT in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, LaPorta faces the 1st-toughest defense against TEs and Fannin Jr. faces the 9th-toughest defense against TEs, so Harold Fannin Jr. 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 Harold Fannin Jr. 17% of his team's targets.
Sam LaPorta 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 Sam LaPorta.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Sam LaPorta nor Harold Fannin Jr. 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 Harold Fannin Jr. by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.