Lions mailbag: What’s up with Sam LaPorta?

Earlier in the week, we offered our Midweek Mailbag podcast. Now it’s time to offer some Detroit Lions mailbag to our reading audience. As always, if you want to submit questions, hit us up on Twitter using the hashtag #AskPOD.

Onto this week’s question:

My question is about Sam LaPorta. Do you feel that he is not being utilized the same way as last year. By that I mean he has different assignments in the plays Ben Johnson is calling and is blocking more than running routes in the middle of the field? Go lions

— Chris Brinkman (@chrisbrinkman20) October 2, 2024 It’s a fair question to ask considering his significant decrease in receiving production. Last year, he averaged 52.3 yards per game,…