TE DET
Week 5 · PPR
Start or sit Sam LaPorta?
The verdict comes from our weekly projection model: last season's opportunity-based xFP/g shrunk toward the position mean, then adjusted for role, injury status, the opponent's fantasy points allowed and the Vegas game total vs the league average.
Borderline
#17 TE projection — on the borderline of the ~13 started in 12-team leagues.
Borderline call: Sam LaPorta projects for 8.5 PPR points this week, ranked #17 among TEs by our projection model. @ARI is a soft matchup for TEs — the model applies a +14% swing to his projection. Vegas posts the total at 48.5 — 103% of the 47.2 league average for week 5.
Season projection table
PPR · weeks 1–18
| Wk | Proj (PPR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 6.7 |
| 3 | 8.0 |
| 4 | 7.6 |
| 5 this week | 8.5 |
| 6 | — |
| 7 | 7.0 |
| 8 | 6.6 |
| 9 | 8.3 |
| 10 | 7.6 |
| 11 | 8.1 |
| 12 | 7.7 |
| 13 | 6.5 |
| 14 | 7.7 |
| 15 | 6.6 |
| 16 | 6.8 |
| 17 | 7.3 |
| 18 | 7.0 |