James Cook III for Sam LaPorta (2026)
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James Cook III RB - BUF  James Cook III RB - BUF | Sam LaPorta TE - DET  Sam LaPorta TE - DET |  | |
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| Rest of Season | # 10 | # 82 | - |
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| Opponent | at HOU | vs. NO | - |
| Matchup Rating | This is a 3 star matchup. RBs perform close to their average vs HOU | This is a 3 star matchup. TEs perform close to their average vs NO | - |
| Fantasy Points | |||
| Season Total | 269.2 | 66.9 | - |
| Avg Game | 15.8 | 7.4 | - |
| Schedule | |||
| SOS Rank | 30 | 13 | - |
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James Cook III RB - BUF James Cook III RB - BUF | Sam LaPorta TE - DET Sam LaPorta TE - DET | |
| 2026 Schedule | ||
| Week 1 | at HOU | vs. NO |
| Week 2 | vs. DET | at BUF |
| Week 3 | vs. LAC | vs. NYJ |
| Week 4 | vs. NE | at CAR |
| Week 5 | at LAR | at ARI |
| Week 6 | at LV | BYE WEEK |
| Week 7 | BYE WEEK | vs. GB |
| Week 8 | vs. BAL | vs. MIN |
| Week 9 | at MIN | at MIA |
| Week 10 | at NYJ | vs. NE |
| Week 11 | vs. MIA | vs. TB |
| Week 12 | vs. KC | vs. CHI |
| Week 13 | at NE | at ATL |
| Week 14 | at GB | vs. TEN |
| Week 15 | vs. CHI | at MIN |
| Week 16 | at DEN | vs. NYG |
| Week 17 | at MIA | at CHI |
| Week 18 | vs. NYJ | at GB |
James Cook III RB - BUF James Cook III RB - BUF | Sam LaPorta TE - DET Sam LaPorta TE - DET | |
| 2025 Points | ||
| Week 1 | 16.2 | 7.9 |
| Week 2 | 25.5 | 2.6 |
| Week 3 | 17.8 | 3.3 |
| Week 4 | 19.5 | 3.9 |
| Week 5 | 4.9 | 15.2 |
| Week 6 | 8.7 | 11.5 |
| Week 7 | ‐ | 1.5 |
| Week 8 | 33.6 | ‐ |
| Week 9 | 12.5 | 15.7 |
| Week 10 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| Week 11 | 17.4 | ‐ |
| Week 12 | 18.9 | ‐ |
| Week 13 | 15.7 | ‐ |
| Week 14 | 9.1 | ‐ |
| Week 15 | 29.1 | ‐ |
| Week 16 | 25.4 | ‐ |
| Week 17 | 7.7 | ‐ |
| Week 18 | 1.5 | ‐ |
| Total | 269.2 | 66.9 |
| Average | 15.8 | 7.4 |
James Cook III RB - BUF James Cook III RB - BUF | Sam LaPorta TE - DET Sam LaPorta TE - DET | |
| Expert | ||
| Andrew Erickson FantasyPros | James Cook led the NFL in rushing yards in 2025 (1,621). He finished as the RB6 in PPG and RB6 in total points scored. At 26 years old, the Bills RB is in his Uber Prime. He is improving every single season. And he has yet to be fully unlocked as a receiver despite being heavily touted as a pass-catcher coming out of Georgia. If Cook gets unleashed on all three downs under a new HC, he could flirt with an RB1 overall status as the engine to the Bills' offense. The 200-pound back has a 44-catch and 445 receiving yards season on his resume, which only Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Christian McCaffery, and De'Von Achane hit last season with 1,000 rushing yards to boot. | |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | After finishing TE1 in fantasy scoring as a rookie in 2023, Sam LaPorta has been less productive the last two seasons, although he hasn't been *that* much less productive on a per-game basis, and injuries may partly explain the dip. LaPorta played through a sprained ankle early in the 2024 season and missed one game that November with a sprained AC joint in his shoulder. In 2025, he herniated a disc in his back in Week 10 and missed Detroit's last eight games. After scoring 10 touchdowns as a rookie, LaPorta had seven TDs in 2024 and three in 2025. But LaPorta hit career highs in catch rate (81.6%), yards per target (10.0) and yards per route run (2.00) last season, suggesting there has been no drop-off in his quality of play. But after averaging 7.1 targets per game as a rookie, LaPorta has averaged only 4.9 targets in his 27 regular-season games the last two years. Perhaps he'll see a target uptick under new Lions offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, who was calling the plays in Arizona the last three years while Cardinals TE Trey McBride blossomed into a superstar. | |
| Derek Brown FantasyPros | Well, so much for all of the regression talk about James Cook last year. Cook crushed all of the haters, improving his stock as the RB6 in fantasy points per game. He led the NFL in rushing yards (1,621) while finishing third in rushing attempts and sixth in rushing touchdowns (tied). Cook had 14 total touchdowns compared to the 18 that he spiked in the previous season. Cook remained extremely efficient as a rusher, ranking 15th in explosive run rate and 11th in yards after contact per attempt (per Fantasy Points Data). His passing game usage was nearly identical to the previous season, with 40 targets (38 targets in 2024) and 8.8 yards per reception (8.1 in 2024). We can quibble about where Cook sits in the RB1 rankings in 2026, but he remains a rock-solid RB1 in one of the best offenses in the NFL. | Before his 2025 season was lost to a back injury, Sam LaPorta was the TE7 in fantasy points per game. Despite the injury-shortened season, LaPorta was still one of the most explosive tight ends in the NFL on a per-route basis. Among 59 qualifying tight ends, he ranked tenth in target share (17.8%), sixth in receiving yards per game (54.3), fifth in yards per route run (2.14), and eighth in first downs per route run (0.100, per Fantasy Points Data). The concerning thing for LaPorta during those nine games was his six red zone targets and only one end zone target. Considering that light usage near paydirt, it's not shocking that he had only three touchdowns. That is worrisome, but touchdowns can be a fickle game to project year-to-year. Painting a positive light on that usage is the fact that despite those numbers, LaPorta was still second on the team in not only target share but red zone targets during that stretch. The arrival of Drew Petzing as the offensive coordinator should be viewed as a plus for LaPorta if we are to extract anything from his time in Arizona and his usage of Trey McBride. LaPorta should turn in a strong 2026 season as a top-eight fantasy tight end with top-five upside. |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | #2 in Rush Yards Over expected at 1.14 (NFLSavant) | |
