Lions tight end Sam LaPorta put up big receiving numbers as a rookie in 2023, but his stats haven’t looked quite as good in the season and a half since then. Lions head coach Dan Campbell says, however, that LaPorta is actually contributing more to the Lions than ever, in ways that most people aren’t noticing.

Campbell said on 97.1 The Ticket that LaPorta has grown so much as a blocker that he’s making a major impact on the Lions’ running game, as well as on some passing downs when he doesn’t run routes. Campbell named LaPorta first when asked which Lions have grown this season.

“There’s a number of guys that have taken big steps. One of the guys, the first one I think of is Sam LaPorta,” Campbell said. “I think Sam has taken another step forward. Sometimes what not everybody sees ab

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