Sam LaPorta was the first tight end off the board in many fantasy football drafts this year, and in those he wasn't the first tight end taken in he was second. So 12 catches for 147 yards without a touchdown through four games is obviously not the start LaPorta's fantasy managers were looking for. He's TE25 in 0.5-point PPR (TE23 in full PPR; TE24 in standard scoring). After the Week 4 game against the Seattle Seahawks, albeit answering a question about Jahmyr Gibbs, Lions' head coach Dan Campbell mentioned LaPorta too. "I feel like he and Sam LaPorta, both, yesterday they looked like, OK here we go, man. They got their legs back under them. They look as healthy as they've looked since the beginning of training camp, and they're on the uptick." LaPorta had a season-high 53 yards against Seattle, and he arguably looked as good as he has all season. The ankle injury from Week 3, and a preseason hamstring issue, looked to be in the rearview mirror. Heading into Week 6, LaPorta made the list of players to buy lo
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