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Lions get good news on Sam LaPorta trade rumors originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Sam LaPorta may have taken a step back in 2025.
That doesn't mean the Detroit Lions are in a hurry to trade him, no matter the rumors.
LaPorta's name hasn't been out there in a loud way like A.J. Brown or Maxx Crosby. But some analysts have begun to speculate on a deal.
ESPN's Dan Graziano and Ben Solak don't quite see it, though. They give LaPorta only a 10% chance of being traded this offseason.
"The Lions have four 2023 draft picks they want to extend -- LaPorta, Jahmyr Gibbs, Jack Campbell and Brian Branch -- and there are people around the league who wonder whether they'll be able to get all of those deals done or if they'd have to trade someone," Graziano writes. "Even if the Lions can't extend LaPorta, I think the odds of them trading him are extremely thin, as Detroit still sees itself in a win-now window."
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That last sentence is the key point. The Lions don't gain enough in the present by trading away their high-end tight end.
Either way, LaPorta probably sticks around. They'd just like to see him bounce back in the right direction a little bit.
"LaPorta had back surgery this past season (489 receiving yards, three touchdowns) and hasn't looked as explosive as he did as a rookie (889 yards, 10 scores in 2023), but he remains one of the most exciting young receivers at the position," Solak writes. "Teams looking for a high-volume receiving tight end might be willing to spend a draft pick now on LaPorta, instead of risking a bidding war in free agency in 2027 should he come back to form."
That also should be an indicator for the Lions. The more teams that want LaPorta, maybe the more advisable it is to keep him. Clearly, he's still a valuable commodity.
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