(11-12-2024, 02:19 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Is Sam Laporta healthy?

I smell a career day for whatever TE they line up. Maybe two of them if last week is any indication.

Our secondary was in bizarro world Sunday.
Darnell Savage and Ronald Darby played great in coverage and Jarrion Jones got absolutely worked by TEs.

Sam LaPorta didn't practice today because a shoulder injury (Left AC Joint Sprain) in the Lions comeback win over the Texans this past Sunday Night.

While Dan Campbell said LaPorta is 'Day to Day', with the Lions having two additional games this month (at Indianapolis, vs. Chicago on Thanksgiving Day), I think there's a good chance that LaPorta is kept out of the Jags game.  

Brock Wright is normally the Lions # 2 TE. Most of the passes he catches are off of play action fakes.  He's not the type of TE who's going to stretch the field with any regularity. 

Shane Zylstra has emerged as the Lions # 3 TE.  He was on the Practice Squad until last Saturday.  In the previous 3 games, he was elevated from the P.S.  Zylstra has better receiving abilities than Wright but he's definitely not on LaPorta's level.  Wright is a more effective blocker than Zylstra.  With the heavy emphasis that Dan Campbell and Ben Johnson put on the Lions running game, I think Wright would get more snaps on Offense than Zylstra, regardless of whether LaPorta plays in the game.

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