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TEDET40 insightsLatest Oct 31, 2026
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PositiveMatchupOct 31, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL
LaPorta recorded eight targets, six receptions, 97 receiving yards (16.2 yards per reception), one touchdown, and four first downs in his lone game against the Vikings last year. More significantly, he is thriving against blitz packages this season with 14 targets, 11 receptions, 169 receiving yards (2nd among TEs), two touchdowns, 92 yards after catch (4th among TEs), and 15.1 total receiving EPA (2nd among TEs, 5th among all players), making him a secondary weapon alongside St. Brown for exploiting Minnesota's aggressive defense.
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PositiveMatchupOct 31, 2026Pride Of Detroit
Tight end eating blitzing defenses alive this season with elite efficiency. Against the blitz, LaPorta has recorded 14 targets, 11 receptions, 169 receiving yards (2nd among TEs), two touchdowns, and 92 yards after catch (4th among TEs). His 15.1 total receiving EPA ranks second among tight ends and fifth among all players. Against Vikings specifically last year, LaPorta recorded eight targets, six receptions, 97 receiving yards (16.2 yards per reception), one touchdown, and four first downs in his lone game. Positioned as a secondary weapon alongside St. Brown to give Goff a pair of boogeymen capable of exploiting Flores' blitz-heavy defense.
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PositiveValueOct 30, 2026RotoWire
Buy-low recommendation with strong underlying metrics despite recent poor performance. Laporta scored 17+ points in three of four games played but had a dud against Green Bay (his worst game of the year) when Jameson Williams and Amon-Ra St. Brown dominated targets. The source highlights a 17% target share and top-10 routes run among tight ends. Despite the recent poor performance, the source ranks him very highly for the upcoming week against Minnesota, expecting a major bounce-back. Positioned as a set-it-and-forget-it asset at tight end for the rest of the season with potential spike weeks ahead.
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PositiveNewsOct 29, 2026Zain Dhanani
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Sam LaPorta is still a top-5 TE for me in a bad matchup DK Metcalf has a favorable matchup vs Cleveland @​MattFtheOracle and I went through all 14 Week 8 games with our fantasy football start/sit calls Full show in the reply 👇 #FantasyFootball

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PositiveMatchupOct 29, 2026Fantasy Life Articles
LaPorta is a top-6 TE play against Minnesota's blitz-heavy defense despite earning just 1 target against Green Bay. He ran a route on 91% of Detroit's dropbacks. Minnesota sends at least five rushers on 68.6% of dropbacks (most in the NFL), including 81.5% last week. LaPorta has averaged 3.02 YPRR against 5+ rushers this season versus 1.11 when defenses send fewer. Over Detroit's past three games, LaPorta has accounted for 25.9% of the team's first-read targets against the blitz.
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NegativeBustOct 29, 2026FantasyPros Articles
Sam LaPorta is a Week 8 landmine despite being the TE5 and averaging 13.2 PPR fantasy points per game with 17.2+ points in three of his last four contests before Detroit's Week 6 bye. He had his worst game of the season in Week 7, catching only one of two targets for 18 receiving yards and 2.8 fantasy points (season lows in every category), though he played 97% of the snaps (second-highest this season). The poor timing follows his criticism of the front office during the bye week over a contract extension. He faces the Vikings, who have shut down opposing tight ends since Week 1, surrendering only 2.6 receptions on 5.2 targets for 23.6 receiving yards, zero touchdowns and five fantasy points per game (fewest in the NFL). Minnesota has held the opposing No. 1 tight end to fewer than 1.5 fantasy points in three of their past five outings.
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PositiveRoleOct 28, 2026Fantasy Life Articles
LaPorta remains a top-5 TE despite a quiet Week 7 against Green Bay; he ran a route on 91% of Detroit's dropbacks with 37% of routes off play-action (second-highest among 34 qualified tight ends). His 29% season play-action rate is second among qualified tight ends, and Jared Goff has targeted him on 27% of play-action routes versus 12% without it. Receiver Score sees no deployment changes and recommends buying LaPorta if you can move someone like Travis Kelce or Dalton Kincaid for him.
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PositiveNewsOct 28, 2026SleeperNFL
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Tight End Fantasy PPG Leaders: 1 - Brock Bowers 2 - Trey McBride 3 - Isaiah Likely 4 - George Kittle 5 - Tyler Warren 6 - Sam LaPorta 7 - Travis Kelce 8 - Dallas Goedert 9 - TJ Hockenson 10 - Dalton Kincaid 11 - Tucker Kraft 12 - Mike Gesicki

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PositiveMatchupOct 28, 2026ESPN Fantasy Football
LaPorta faces one of the worst matchups of his season in Week 8 against Minnesota Vikings. Despite placing fifth at his position in fantasy points with three weeks within the top-10 in scoring, the Vikings are the only team to have not afforded any tight end a 10-point or better fantasy performance all season. The Vikings allow the fewest points per target to tight ends at 1.09, and they held Colston Loveland to just 1.3 fantasy points on three targets in Week 1.
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PositiveMatchupOct 28, 2026FantasyPros Articles
Sam LaPorta faces a brutal matchup against Minnesota in Week 8. The Vikings allow an NFL-low 12.3 points per game and the fewest fantasy points to tight ends. LaPorta ranks fourth on Detroit in target share at 15.2% and is tied for third on the team in targets per route run, trailing Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jahmyr Gibbs. Minnesota's league-high blitz rate could force Goff to get the ball out quickly, and with several weapons competing for targets, LaPorta may not see enough volume to finish as a top-12 tight end.
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PositiveNewsOct 27, 2026Adam Levitan
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Zero surprise given defensive woes, schedule, concentration, talent. But, Lions in full-PPR ppg: * Jared Goff QB2, behind only Josh Allen * Jahmyr Gibbs RB1, 3.9 clear of Kenneth Walker * Amon-Ra St. Brown WR4, behind only JSN/Puka/Lamb * Sam LaPorta TE6 * Jameson Williams WR24

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