Yahoo Fantasy Football - Josh & Hayden on Sam LaPorta

23.6 expected PPR points last week; TE3 usage ranking with elite red zone deployment.

LaPorta posted 23.6 expected half-PPR points last week, the most by any tight end all season; he ranks as tight end 3 in usage for the entire season. The Lions are dropping back frequently and using him in unique red zone sets (three-by-one formations with him isolated on the right side), including a fourth-and-five conversion. Matt Harmon compares him favorably to George Kittle for tight end 3 ranking for the rest of the season and calls him one of the best picks in the round 6–8 range when wide receivers and running backs busted.

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