Thanksgiving football is always must-see, but sadly for the Detroit Lions, one of their stars might not return to the game vs. the Green Bay Packers. Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown needed to exit the game to be checked out after suffering an unfortunate injury.
The Lions tagged St. Brown as out of the game with an ankle injury. He was blocking on a running play and his ankle got rolled over by two of his teammates accidentally. It’s confirmed he will miss the rest of the game against the Packers.
These plays happen a lot. Players are trying to block but that leaves them unprotected from behind. Not only that, they can’t even react, so it’s a blind hit where there is not much the player can do to survive. It ends up being down to how lucky he is to not get injured.
The Lions can’t afford to lose St. Brown
The Lions aren’t as explosive as last year. However, the one constant they have is Amon-Ra St. Brown being unstoppable. Without him, they lose their best wideout, but also one of their two best players on offense. St. Brown has 884 yards on 75 receptions and nine touchdowns this year. He is an incredible player.
The next-best receiver is Jameson Williams, who has only 562 yards and five touchdowns this year. No other wide receiver on the team has even reached more than 150 yards on the season. No St. Brown means no danger.
The Lions are in a playoff hunt
The Lions have been used to be in the NFL Playoffs. However, this year they are not even in right now. They are the 8th seed and can’t afford to lose games if they want to go to the postseason.
Without St. Brown, it’s almost mission impossible. The Lions do have big weapons like running back Jahmyr Gibbs, but after that, the other stars are either injured or not playing to their usual level.