Laporta outperformed all rookie TEs last year on just 5.4 targets per game.
Sam LaPortaTEDET
Laporta was better than all rookie tight ends last year and in his rookie season, outperforming Brock Bowers, Tatum Musselman, and Jared Smock in fantasy points per game despite receiving only 5.4 targets per game. His rookie year featured Jameson Williams as a non-factor, and the source frames target competition with Williams as a false concern: when Laporta is on the field, Williams must adjust, not vice versa.
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he was better than all of the rookies as a rookie. And he was better than all of the rookies last year... he was tight end seven. On 5.4 targets per game, by the way.
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- What did Fantasy Football Today say about Sam LaPorta?
- Laporta was better than all rookie tight ends last year and in his rookie season, outperforming Brock Bowers, Tatum Musselman, and Jared Smock in fantasy points per game despite receiving only 5.4 targets per game. His rookie year featured Jameson Williams as a non-factor, and the source frames target competition with Williams as a false concern: when Laporta is on the field, Williams must adjust, not vice versa.
- Is this good or bad for Sam LaPorta's fantasy football value?
- STACKED tags this as a negative fantasy football signal for Sam LaPorta (TE DET). Laporta outperformed all rookie TEs last year on just 5.4 targets per game.
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- Sam LaPorta's complete 2026 fantasy football outlook — projections, ADP movement across every platform, injury context, and all source-backed STACKED insights — is on their STACKED player profile.
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