Sam LaPorta — Week 8: Three Catches, 33 Yards
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Nov 2
LaPorta caught 3 of 5 targets for 33 yards against the Vikings, including a 19-yarder that opened Detroit's go-ahead touchdown drive in the third quarter, in a 19-15 win at home.
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Sam LaPorta had a quiet day against the Vikings: 5 targets, 3 catches, 33 yards and -0.6 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position. Down 7-6 with 7:33 left in the third, his 19-yard catch on first and 10 from the Detroit 28 opened the drive Jahmyr Gibbs finished five snaps later, +1.2 EPA. An 8-yarder took a first-quarter drive to the Minnesota 4, and his 2-yard run on second and 2 with 2:00 left moved the chains on the clock-killing drive. A third-and-5 throw for him in the fourth fell incomplete, -1.5 EPA, and Detroit punted.
Through Week 7 he had 39 targets, 28 catches, 334 yards, 3 touchdowns and +33.0 EPA, +0.85 a target; here it was -0.12.
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