Detroit Lions star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown may have inadvertently put his team in hot water while filming the Netflix “Receiver” series.
Earlier this month, Netflix released its highly-anticipated series that documented five elite pass-catchers during the 2023 season: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers), George Kittle (49ers), Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders), Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings)
In the first episode, St. Brown stated that he suffered a painful oblique injury in the Lions’ Week 3 home win against the Atlanta Falcons, via Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Here’s how St. Brown described it, and a video of the injury is available below:
“We have a Thursday game after Atlanta.So, I can barely — I mean, I’m running but the pain is like, on a 10 it’s like at an eight. Eight or nine. And so I’m like, ‘It’s too late for me not to play. The game plan’s in.’ Painkillers is something I really don’t like to take unless — unless it’s the Packers.”
As Florio pointed out, the Lions did not list St. Brown on any of the injury reports ahead of the Week 4 Thursday night game against the Green Bay Packers. Because the Lions failed to disclose an obvious and painful injury, there’s a chance the NFL will hand down a punishment to Dan Campbell and company.
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With the oblique injury, St. Brown had to miss the team’s Week 5 game against the Carolina Panthers, which Detroit soundly won 42-24.
Amon-Ra St. Brown finished last season with career highs across the board (119 receptions for 1,515 yards and 10 touchdownns). The 24-year-old earned First-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl selections.
The Lions won their first division title in 30 years and their first postseason game since 1991 before barely losing a heartbreaker to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
Lions Open 2024 Seaason vs. Los Angeles Rams
Detroit will welcome a familiar foe in Matthew Stafford and his Los Angeles Rams in their season opener on Sept. 8. This contest, the first “Sunday Night Football” contest of the season, will also mark a rematch of Detroit’s thrilling Wild Card Round victory.
A week later, the Lions will welcome another reigning division champion in Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
