Key stat: The biggest factor between winning and losing in most football games is the turnover battle.
The Lions forced three Bengals turnovers and committed only one themselves.
Star performance: LaPorta recorded his first touchdown of the season while racking up 92 receiving yards on five receptions.
LaPorta now has 18 career touchdown receptions, the fourth-most by any tight end in franchise history.
Injury report: Wide receiver and returner Kalif Raymond left the game in the first quarter after suffering a neck injury on a punt return. He did not return to the game. Rookie wide receiver Dominic Lovett took over punt return duties the rest of the game.
Cornerback Terrion Arnold left the game in the second half with a shoulder injury and did not return. Cornerback Rock Ya-Sin left the game in the second half with a injury. He returned briefly but then left again and did not return.
Joseph also left the game in the fourth quarter with an undisclosed injury and did not return.
Up next: at Kansas City. Sun., Oct. 12, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
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