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Matt Waldman on Sam LaPorta

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Video: Feel It or F--k It 6.1.26: An RSP Podcast with Bob Harris and Matt Waldman
I think that that was it and you know, you worry about back injuries are troublesome as it is. Um his ability to start and finish season the season has been questionable... I think he can give you 12 games and maybe that gets you in the range of 40 to 50 catches, but I don't think he's going to be a viable fantasy tight end... I think he's going probably higher than I'm comfortable taking him. I think he's being drafted well inside the top 10 like tight end seven or so, tight end seven or eight maybe uh in current ADP... I think we may have seen the best of Sam LaPorta... he's going around seven or eight. I'd probably just wait till later and get a guy like you said like like Mark Andrews.
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Overpriced at TE7-8; durability concerns limit upside

Bob Harris calls Sam LaPorta's 2023 rookie breakout season his best ever and predicts decline. He worries about back injury durability, questions his ability to start and finish the season, and projects only 12 games with 40–50 catches, making him non-viable as a fantasy tight end despite being TE7 in PPG when healthy. LaPorta is being drafted around tight end 7–8 in current ADP, which is too high relative to his injury risk. Matt Waldman believes LaPorta is overpriced in the 7–8 round range and that 'we may have seen the best of Sam LaPorta,' preferring to wait on later-round tight end options like Mark Andrews.

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