{"id":295967,"date":"2023-12-04T15:54:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295967"},"modified":"2023-12-04T15:54:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:54:05","slug":"lions-qb-jared-goff-lauds-te-sam-laporta-after-rookies-career-day-hes-a-clutch-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/nfl\/lions-qb-jared-goff-lauds-te-sam-laporta-after-rookies-career-day-hes-a-clutch-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions QB Jared Goff lauds TE Sam LaPorta after rookie&#x27;s career day: &#x27;He&#x27;s a clutch player&#x27;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Jared Goff needed a big play in Sunday&#8217;s shootout in New Orleans, the Detroit Lions quarterback turned to rookie sensation Sam LaPorta.<\/p>\n<p>The young tight end generated a career-high 140 receiving yards on nine catches with a touchdown in the 33-28 win over the Saints. It marked the most receiving yards in a game by a Lions rookie tight end in franchise history. LaPorta became the second rookie TE since 1970 to have 140-plus receiving yards and one or more receiving TDs in a game, joining the Jaguars&#8217; Pete Mitchell (161 yards, 1 TD) in Week 12, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, (I&#8217;m) as comfortable (with him) as anyone I&#8217;ve played with,&#8221; Goff said via Justin Rogers of The Detroit News. &#8220;And for a rookie, that&#8217;s pretty tremendous. I&#8217;d compare it directly to what Saint (Amon-Ra St. Brown) was doing as a rookie, as far as on the field and off the field and the type of pro he is, knowing his assignments. He rarely has a (missed assignment), rarely has that type of rookie mistake. Very rarely. He&#8217;s such a reliable guy and a guy that I count on in those crunch times. I know he&#8217;s a clutch player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LaPorta&#8217;s ability to find the right lane against zones or box out a defender is uncanny for a rookie. Most tight ends struggle in their first season with those areas of the passing game, but not so for the Iowa product. The TE&#8217;s blocking isn&#8217;t too shabby, either.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Time and time again on Sunday, LaPorta came up with the big play at the big moment for the Lions. He scored a 13-yard TD in the first quarter and added explosive plays of 29 and 48 yards to set up scores. Then late, with Detroit attempting to thwart a comeback bid, Goff found LaPorta for a massive third-down conversion to help salt away the clock.<\/p>\n<h2>          <span>            Related Links          <\/span>        <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>              2023 NFL season, Week 13: What We Learned from Sunday&#x27;s games            <\/li>\n<li>              Saints QB Derek Carr (concussion protocol, shoulder, back) leaves with injuries in loss vs. Lions            <\/li>\n<li>              2023 NFL season: Four things to watch for in Bengals-Jaguars on Monday night            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LaPorta&#8217;s play even garnered praise from Sunday&#8217;s opponent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, he&#8217;s going to be a good player. I told him that after the game,&#8221; Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu said after the contest. &#8220;Just crafty for a rookie, man. The kind of routes he runs, his frame, his length, and then obviously, anytime you and the quarterback are on the same page, they&#8217;re going to come away with some plays. I thought he probably had two of the more clutch plays in this game. So there were a few third downs in there. We had everybody covered, and then he just put the ball on his body, not his first down. So we just got to do a better job in the back end of just challenging guys, understanding their route tree, what to expect. But nevertheless, man, he&#8217;s going to be a good player for a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LaPorta&#8217;s six receiving TDs in 2023 is tied for the most by a tight end with Mark Andrews.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Lions rookie and Chiefs star Travis Kelce (Week 7 vs. LAC) are the only tight ends in 2023 to record a game of at least 140 yards and a receiving TD. LaPorta is the fourth TE in Lions history to generate such a game.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie brushed aside the praise after his career contest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t want to get caught up in all that,&#8221; LaPorta said. &#8220;It kind of muddies your vision, clouds your vision for the team and success we want to have moving forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If the 9-3 Lions are to have success in January, LaPorta will be a critical character.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/lions-qb-jared-goff-lauds-te-sam-laporta-after-rookie-s-career-day-he-s-a-clutch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Jared Goff needed a big play in Sunday&#8217;s shootout in New Orleans, the Detroit Lions quarterback turned to rookie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lions QB Jared Goff lauds TE Sam LaPorta after rookie&#x27;s career day: &#x27;He&#x27;s a clutch player&#x27; 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