With the Detroit Lions taking on the New York Giants this Sunday, the team gets bad news on the injury front regarding tight end Sam LaPorta . As the Lions star was put on injured reserve with a back injury , head coach Dan Campbell would drop the news that he is likely not to return this season.

Reported by Adam Schefter of ESPN, LaPorta “underwent a back procedure,” leading to Campbell saying that the 24-year-old's 2025 campaign has probably come to a close.

“Lions HC Dan Campbell told reporters that TE Sam LaPorta underwent a back procedure and is now unlikely to return this season,” Schefter wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

There's no denying how much of a surprise this probably comes to Detroit, especially when Campbell spoke Monday about how the team doesn't know any timeli

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