Start Sam LaPorta. LaPorta is projected for 11.4 PPR points vs 8.0 for Tyler Higbee, and faces the 1st-toughest defense against TEs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Sam LaPorta TE · DET | Tyler Higbee TE · LAR | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 11.4 | 8.0 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.7 | 6.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 12.1 | 9.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.1 (TE4) | 9.0 (TE16) |
| Opponent | vs MIN | vs LAC |
| Opponent vs. position | 1st-toughest (6.9 pts/g allowed) | 10th-toughest (11.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 18% target share (last 3) | 11% 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 8.0 for Tyler Higbee vs LAC: a 3.4-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 8.0 for Tyler Higbee.
The sources range from 10.7 to 12.1 for LaPorta and from 6.6 to 9.0 for Higbee. Even Higbee's highest projection is below LaPorta's lowest.
Sam LaPorta is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has LaPorta at 10.7 PPR points, against 6.6 for Tyler Higbee.
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 9.0 for Tyler Higbee.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Sam LaPorta plays MIN and Tyler Higbee plays LAC in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, LaPorta faces the 1st-toughest defense against TEs and Higbee faces the 10th-toughest defense against TEs, so Tyler Higbee 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 Tyler Higbee 11% 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 Tyler Higbee 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 Tyler Higbee by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.