Leaporta TE6; back surgery avoided PUP but faces heavy target competition.
Sam LaPortaTEDET
JJ Zachariason ranks Sam Leaporta as TE6 and notes he had offseason back surgery but avoided the PUP list, so week-one availability is not a concern. However, Leaporta faces significant target competition from Jameson Williams, Zachariah Branch, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and running backs Gibbs and Bejian Robinson, making him less likely than Kyle Pitts to rack up targets in the 90–100 range.
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Sam Leaporta... did have offseason back surgery, but he managed to avoid the pup. He'll be out there practicing, so not too worried about that... not worried about any of these for week one availability.
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- JJ Zachariason ranks Sam Leaporta as TE6 and notes he had offseason back surgery but avoided the PUP list, so week-one availability is not a concern. However, Leaporta faces significant target competition from Jameson Williams, Zachariah Branch, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and running backs Gibbs and Bejian Robinson, making him less likely than Kyle Pitts to rack up targets in the 90–100 range.
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