{"id":40898,"date":"2025-11-15T23:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T23:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/40898\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T23:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T23:41:10","slug":"sam-laporta-lands-on-ir-in-lions-injury-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/40898\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam LaPorta lands on IR in Lions injury blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Goff will be without one of his most trusted targets for at least the next four games.<\/p>\n<p>Pro Bowl tight end Sam LaPorta was placed on injured reserve Saturday by the Lions with a back injury, and he will be sidelined beginning with this week\u2019s game against the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>LaPorta, who has registered 40 receptions this season for 489 yards, has scored 20 touchdowns in his first three NFL campaigns, including three in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>His best statistical year came as a rookie in 2023, when he finished with 86 catches for 889 yards with 10 scores.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37677701\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2245905348.jpg\" alt=\"Sam LaPorta #87 of the Detroit Lions dives after a catch against the Washington Commanders in the first quarter of a game at Northwest Stadium on November 09, 2025 in Landover, Maryland.\" class=\"wp-image-37677701\"  \/>Sam LaPorta #87 of the Detroit Lions dives after a catch against the Washington Commanders in the first quarter of a game at Northwest Stadium on November 09, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Brock Wright (nine receptions this season) and Ross Dwelley (zero) are the other tight ends presently on the Lions\u2019 roster.<\/p>\n<p>LaPorta, a second-round pick out of Iowa in 2023, ranks second on the Lions (6-3) in both receptions and receiving yards this season \u2014 behind standout receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (64-693) in both categories.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tmake every NFL game pay off\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36699206\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760458027_713_UnderdogLogo_Final_stacked-black.png\" alt=\"underdog fantasy logo\" class=\"wp-image-36699206\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1;display:block\"  \/> Underdog Fantasy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.underdogfantasy.com\/p-new-york-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Underdog<\/a> is where football fans become winners.<\/p>\n<p>Easy player picks<\/p>\n<p>No season-long commitments<\/p>\n<p>Real prizes every single night<\/p>\n<p>Use promo code NYPOST5 to get $50 in site credits when you play $5!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMust be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games, 21+ in AZ and MAZ) and present in a state where Underdog operates. 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The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Detroit also released defensive lineman Pat O\u2019Connor and signed offensive lineman Michael Niese to the 53-man roster on Saturday, with receivers Tom Kennedy and Jackson Meeks elevated from the practice squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jared Goff will be without one of his most trusted targets for at least the next four games.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23623,2675,23624,9,11,10,22,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-40898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-dan-campbell","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-jared-goff","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}