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LIONS · TE · #87

Sam LaPorta

bye Week 6 Healthy

WEEK 5 · at ARI · Sun 4:25 PM · Fox

10.6

floor 4.4 · ceiling 16.2 · half PPR

TE2Not published yet.
Start or sit
Healthy

WEEK 5 · at ARI · Sun 4:25 PM · Fox

10.6

4.4 to 16.2

TE2
Not published yet. Start or sit

HOW SURE, WEEK 5

  • Projection 10.6
  • Floor 4.4
  • Ceiling 16.2

Not published yet.

Floor and ceiling are the 20th and 80th percentiles of our projection; the projection is the median. The ranking and Start or sit read the same numbers.

THE STAT LINE BEHIND IT

Standard 8.5Half PPR 10.6PPR 12.7
TGT 6.5REC 4.3 · 56REC TD 0.0RUSH 0.0 · 0RUSH TD 0.0

Std 8.5 · Half 10.6 · PPR 12.7. Source: Model · engine2-0.2.0.

OUR RECORD ON LAPORTA, PROJECTED VS ACTUAL

  • Week 1: projected 10.2, range 4.8 to 14.9, scored 7.3
  • Week 2: projected 9.9, range 4.1 to 16.4, scored 14.2
  • Week 3: projected 9.4, range 4.1 to 14.6, scored 5.9
  • Week 4: projected 8.8, range 3.6 to 14.2, scored 18.4
  • Week 5: projected 10.6, range 4.4 to 16.2, result not published yet
  • Week 6: bye
3 of 4 Inside the band +1.9 Mean error +9.6, Week 4 Biggest miss Not published yet. 2025

Grey bar: what we projected before kickoff, with the band. Tick: what he scored, from the official box score once it is published.

3 of 4 inside the band · mean error +1.9. Grey: our band. Green: what he scored.

REST OF SEASON

13 games left

  1. 5@ARI10.6
  2. 6BYEno game
  3. 7GB-
  4. 8MIN-
  5. 9@MIA-
  6. 10NE-
  7. 11TB-
  8. 12CHI-
  9. 13@ATL-
  10. 14TEN-
  11. 15@MIN-
  12. 16NYG-
  13. 17@CHI-
  14. 18@GB-

This week's projection, then each week's opponent. Bye dashed.

RANK AT THE POSITION, BY RUN

9/8: TE3, 9/15: TE3, 9/22: TE2, 9/24: TE2, 9/27: TE2, 9/29: TE5, 10/1: TE5, 10/4: TE5, 10/6: TE2, 10/8: TE2, 10/11: TE2

One point per day with a run on file: its newest, none after his kickoff. Lower is better.

AROUND HIM AT TE, WEEK 5

  1. TE1T.McBrideARI12.1
  2. TE2S.LaPortaDET10.6
  3. TE3B.BowersLV10.6
  4. TE4C.LovelandCHI9.6
  5. TE5C.OttonTB8.3
Full TE rankings

CONTEXT

DEPTH CHART
TE1 · behind him B.Wright
TEAM
Lions · rating +5.5, 3rd
LAST WEEK
at CAR · 18.4 pts

Week 5 · published Sun Oct 11 · 4:19 PM ET · run 2026-05-reprice-6250de89 · scored weekly against the official box score