Sam LaPorta

Lions TE Sam LaPorta posted a 7-111 receiving line on 10 targets in Sunday's loss to the Bills. Those numbers easily marked season highs in all three categories and clearly got a boost from Detroit throwing a season-high 59 passes.

LaPorta recorded seven receptions on 10 targets for 111 yards in Sunday's 48-42 loss to the Bills.

The Lions threw the ball 60 times in this game while playing the whole thing from behind, so that certainly worked in Sam LaPorta's favor. The Bills also seemed content to let the Lions gain chunk plays over the middle of the field as long as they didn't hit any big plays deep, which meant plenty of work for LaPorta in the intermediate areas. The passing volume may not be as high next week against the Bears, but LaPorta remains a TE1.

Both LaPorta's five grabs and 54 yards were his second most of the season, which tells you all you need to know about how his fantasy campaign has been going. This evening he was out-targeted by both Jameson Williams and Tim Patrick. For whatever reason -- perhaps injury considering how many ailments LaPorta has been listed with since last January -- it just isn't happening for the second-year pro. He'll slot somewhere into the TE10-14 for Week 15 against a Bills defense that is best attacked on the ground.

LaPorta brought in five of seven targets for 54 yards in the Lions' 34-31 win over the Packers on Thursday night.