Last season\u2019s metrics highlight Sam LaPorta\u2019s significant impact on the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n
With LaPorta, the Lions went 6-3 and averaged 31.4 points per game (PPG); without him, they were 3-5 and averaged 24 PPG.<\/p>\n
The Lions have averaged 31 PPG with LaPorta compared to 24 PPG without him throughout his career\u2014a consistent seven-point difference.<\/p>\n
To end the season, the Lions lost four of five games by seven or fewer points while LaPorta was sidelined.<\/p>\n
The team holds a 32-10 record (.762) with him in the lineup, compared to 4-5 (.444) without him.<\/p>\n
This disparity was even more pronounced against division rivals, where the Lions averaged 29.6 PPG with LaPorta but only 17.6 PPG without him.<\/p>\n
LaPorta\u2019s absence also significantly impacts the rushing attack. <\/p>\n
His elite run-blocking creates a stark difference in the ground game, most evident in star running back Jahmyr Gibbs’ advanced metrics.<\/p>\n
Gibbs recorded a +30.0% DVOA (2nd among RBs) with LaPorta on the field, which plummeted to -18.9% DVOA (57th) without him. <\/p>\n
Additionally, LaPorta\u2019s blocking allowed Gibbs to average 3.0 yards before contact per attempt, compared to just 1.4 yards without him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last season\u2019s metrics highlight Sam LaPorta\u2019s significant impact on the Detroit Lions. With LaPorta, the Lions went 6-3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[153,4391,7,6],"class_list":["post-954995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-detroit-lions-news","tag-detroit-lions-notes","tag-football","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116980026168117234","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}