Samuel LaPorta Week 4 Preview vs. the Panthers

Samuel LaPorta will be up against the third-best passing defense in the league when his Detroit Lions take on the Carolina Panthers in Week 4, on Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET.

Sam LaPorta has 144 receiving yards on 14 grabs (19 targets), with one TD, averaging 48.0 yards per game.

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LaPorta vs. the Panthers

• LaPorta vs the Panthers (since 2021): No games
• Carolina's defense has not let a player pile up 100 or more receiving yards in a game in the 2026 season.
• The Panthers have allowed three opposing players to register a TD reception against them this year.
• Carolina has allowed one player to register at least two TD catches against it in a matchup on the season.
• LaPorta will square off against the NFL's third-ranked pass defense this week. The Panthers concede 172.3 passing yards per contest.
• So far this year, the Panthers have given up four passing TDs to their opponents, averaging 1.3 per game. That ranks fifth among NFL defenses.

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LaPorta Receiving Insights

• LaPorta has topped his receiving yards prop bet twice in three games this season.
• LaPorta has 17.4% of his team's target share (19 targets on 109 passing attempts).
• He has been targeted 19 times, averaging 7.6 yards per target (68th in NFL).
• In one of three games this year, Samuel LaPorta has a touchdown catch. He hasn't, however, tallied a multiple-TD effort.
• He has one touchdown this season (8.3% of his team's 12 offensive TDs).
• LaPorta (five red zone targets) has been targeted 22.7% of the time in the red zone (22 total red zone pass attempts on the team).

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LaPorta's Recent Performance