Usage comparison · Tight ends

Brock Bowers vs Sam LaPorta

Brock Bowers gets more of his team's passes (31% vs 20%) and more of the deep throws (35% of its air yards vs 15%). In total, though, Sam LaPorta has more targets (32 vs 24). Brock Bowers has played 2 games and Sam LaPorta 4 games. Near the end zone, Sam LaPorta has had more chances (9 vs 4 plays within 20 yards), but Brock Bowers gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (24% vs 16%). Brock Bowers is scoring more fantasy points a game (24.1 vs 14.2, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 22.3 vs 15.3 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–4 · Updated Oct 5, 2026

TELV

Brock Bowers
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
24.1
Expected points per gameEst.
22.3

2 games with a target, carry or dropback

TEDET

Sam LaPorta
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
14.2
Expected points per gameEst.
15.3

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 3. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.
Brock Bowers and Sam LaPorta, season usage side by side
StatBrock BowersSam LaPorta
Games24
Passes thrown to him
Targets2432
Target share31%20%
Air-yards share35%15%
Catches1622
Receiving yards202228
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances49
Red-zone share24%16%
End-zone targets35
Touchdowns
Touchdowns22
Expected touchdownsEst.1.73.3
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)24.114.2
Fantasy points (PPR)48.256.8
Expected points per gameEst.22.315.3
Points vs expectedEst.+1.8−1.1

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

  • Brock Bowers
  • Sam LaPorta

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
WeekBrock BowersSam LaPorta
1— no game with a target, carry or dropback21%against NO
2— no game with a target, carry or dropback18%against BUF
343%against NO13%against NYJ
423%against KC25%against CAR

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.
Leaderboard ranks for Brock Bowers and Sam LaPorta
LeaderboardBrock BowersSam LaPorta
Target share leaders#3of 34 tight ends#7of 34 tight ends
Air-yards share leaders#1of 34 tight ends#11of 34 tight ends
Red-zone share leaders#1of 21 tight ends#6of 21 tight ends
Red-zone opportunity leaders#10of 96 tight ends#1of 96 tight ends
End-zone target leaders#3of 96 tight ends#1of 96 tight ends
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#1of 96 tight ends#3of 96 tight ends

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

Brock Bowers

Role down

Brock Bowers's target share fell to 23% in week 4 (11 targets), from 43% in week 3.

Target share, week 4
23%
Targets, week 4
11
Target share, week 3
43%
Targets, week 3
13

Weeks 3–4 · 2 games

  • Share of team targets/carries in games he played. Snap counts aren't in FFO's licensed data, so a low earlier share can mean limited playing time.

Sam LaPorta

No talking points for him in this week's report.

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