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LIONS · TE · #87

Sam LaPorta

bye Week 6 Healthy

WEEK 4 · at CAR · Sun 8:20 PM · NBC

8.8

floor 3.6 · ceiling 14.2 · half PPR

TE5Not published yet.
Start or sit
Healthy

WEEK 4 · at CAR · Sun 8:20 PM · NBC

8.8

3.6 to 14.2

TE5
Not published yet. Start or sit

HOW SURE, WEEK 4

  • Projection 8.8
  • Floor 3.6
  • Ceiling 14.2

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 6.9Half PPR 8.8PPR 10.8
TGT 6.1REC 4.2 · 44REC TD 0.0RUSH 0.0 · 0RUSH TD 0.0

Std 6.9 · Half 8.8 · PPR 10.8. 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 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. 4@CAR8.8
  2. 5@ARI-
  3. 6BYEno game
  4. 7GB-
  5. 8MIN-
  6. 9@MIA-
  7. 10NE-
  8. 11TB-
  9. 12CHI-
  10. 13@ATL-
  11. 14TEN-
  12. 15@MIN-
  13. 16NYG-
  14. 17@CHI-
  15. 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

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

AROUND HIM AT TE, WEEK 4

  1. TE3C.LovelandCHI9.0
  2. TE4T.WarrenIND9.0
  3. TE5S.LaPortaDET8.8
  4. TE6J.JohnsonNO8.1
  5. TE7T.KelceKC7.8
Full TE rankings

CONTEXT

DEPTH CHART
TE1 · behind him B.Wright
TEAM
Lions · rating +5.6, 3rd
LAST WEEK
vs NYJ · 5.9 pts

Week 4 · published Sun Oct 4 · 8:16 PM ET · run 2026-04-inactives-fae67288 · scored weekly against the official box score