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Amon-Ra St. Brown Explains Detroit Lions’ Resurgence And Details His Partnership With Kroger Brand
Amon-Ra St. Brown is a big reason why the Detroit Lions are soaring.
Through their first 10 games, the Lions hold an 8-2 record — the first time in franchise history since 1962 — and are threatening the Philadelphia Eagles for the top seed in the NFC.
The third-year player is currently having one of the best seasons of any wide receiver in the NFL, posting 73 receptions (seventh) for 898 receiving yards (fifth) and five touchdowns. St. Brown has posted five consecutive games of at least six receptions and had recently racked up four consecutive games of at least 102 receiving yards.
It’s no coincidence the Lions have gone 6-1 during that stretch, with their most recent win being a 31-26 victory over the Chicago Bears after trailing by 12 points with a little over four minutes remaining in the game.
After coming off of the best fourth quarter comeback this season — teams had previously gone 0-83 while trailing by double digits with four minutes remaining in games this season — it’s not a stretch to say the Lions could finish the season with the No. 1 seed, something that St. Brown says is an objective for Detroit.
“I think so,” says St. Brown on aiming to clinch the top seed in the conference. “We just got to take it week by week. But being able to get a first round bye and secure home field advantage throughout the whole playoffs would be huge.”
As the Lions embark on their quest for their first-ever Super Bowl appearance, St. Brown is keeping a little busy off of the field by teaming up with Kroger Brand to show off his chicken schnitzel slider recipe. St. Brown — along with fellow receivers Tee Higgins and Tank Dell — are sharing their personalized take on game day recipes.
“Teamed up with Kroger brand to showcase my go-to game day recipe, the chicken schnitzel sliders,” said St. Brown. “It’s been a staple for me, watching Sundays as a kid, that was one of the things that we we made, kind of a German spin to it.”
St. Brown explains that it’s not only a simple recipe, but it’s a tasty one where you can enjoys the buns by itself.
“It’s not a hard recipe,” says St. Brown. “The sliders, the buns you can eat by themselves. They’re that good. But just being able to cook something up real quick. It’s always super nice.”
As far as on the field, the Lions haven’t received as much as praise as fellow elite teams such as the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs or the Eagles. That’s despite the fact Detroit currently has the second-best record in the NFL.
Some of that lack of hype from the media may have to do with the Lions’ less-than-impressive franchise history. The franchise has just three playoff appearances since the 2000 season and hasn’t won a playoff game since the 1991 season — the longest drought in the NFL.
Despite the lack of attention, the Lions star isn’t concerned with whether or not Detroit gets credit from the media for their hot start.
“It is what it is,” St. Brown said of the media’s lack of attention on the Lions’ hot start. “We can’t change that. We can only control what’s now. So for us, we’re not really worried about what others think. We know who we are, we know what we are. And for us it’s just winning, trying to win every week and hopefully getting to the playoffs. And once you get in the playoffs, anything can happen.”
Some of the lack of media attention may have to do with the fact that the Lions haven’t faced the strongest set of opponents so far this season. Their strength of schedule ranks 24th. Outside of their season-opening win over the Kansas City Chiefs, the Lions don’t have a single win over a team with a winning record.
That schedule will obviously get a bit tougher over the remaining seven-game stretch of the regular season, facing five teams with at least a .500 record. However, the Lions are 16-4 since last November, matching the Chiefs and Eagles for the best record over that stretch.
During St. Brown’s first season in Detroit, the team went 3-13. However, they bounced back to threaten for a playoff spot by going 8-2 in their final 10 games last season.
Despite the franchise’s quick turnaround, the 24-year-old receiver isn’t surprised at all as the team has gone from being a three-win team into an elite squad in just two seasons.
“Not really,” said St. Brown on whether or not he’s surprised by the team’s success this season. “Last year when we started off 1-6, we knew we had a pretty good team. We just had to finish some games and then we started doing that towards the end of the year and finished 9-8.”
St. Brown further explains why the quick turnaround isn’t surprising and what the Lions’ mindset has been since the offseason.
“We knew going into this year that we could just build off last year and we had a lot of the same players, same coaches, added some players and drafted some guys,” says St. Brown. “We were only going to get better from last year and that’s the mindset that we had in going into camp and OTAs.”
The star receiver details why the Lions have so much confidence despite being a young and inexperienced team compared to their elite rivals.
“Starting this year off, we beat the Chiefs in Week 1, which was a huge win for us,” says St. Brown. “That gave us that momentum, that feeling that we can beat any team in this league. That’s the attitude we’ve had all year is we feel like we can win every game if we’re executing, taking care of the ball and doing the things that we need to do.”
While the Lions certainly have no shortage of great players — St. Brown, Jared Goff, Aidan Hutchinson — a big reason for their success is none other than head coach Dan Campbell. Although the former tight end previously served as a short-term interim head coach for the Miami Dolphins, he became a permanent head coach for the first time when he was hired by the Lions before the start of the 2021 season.
After a rough first year and questions on whether or not he could be a successful head coach, Campbell has proven everyone wrong and has the Lions positioned for a potential deep playoff run — if not a possible Super Bowl, a game the Lions have never advanced to in their franchise history.
“He’s a leader,” St. Brown says of Campbell. “That’s first and foremost as a head coach, you have to be a really good leader and that’s what he is. We listen to him, we we trust him. We believe in him. He takes care of us, whether it’s on on the practice field, the schedule, whatever it is, he’s always has a player’s best interest.”
Most importantly, Campbell’s toughness resonates with the team, something that was on full display as the Lions overcame improbable odds in their 31-26 comeback win over the Bears.
“He’s tough,” says St. Brown of Campbell. “I think his toughness permeates through our team. And we want to play for him, play the same way that he coaches us and I think it really resonates with us.”
With St. Brown quickly emerging as one of the top receivers and Campbell establishing himself as one of the top head coaches in the NFL, it wouldn’t be a surprise if the Lions not only make a deep playoff run this year — but possibly emerge as the NFC team in the Super Bowl.
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Detroit Red Wings broadcaster Mickey Redmond talks surprising contribution to Michigan Central Station
DETROIT – In a surprising turn of events, Detroit Red Wings broadcaster Mickey Redmond conducted an impromptu interview with Local 4 while visiting the reopening of Michigan Central Station.
Redmond said on Thursday (June 6) that he was one of the construction workers to help turn the Detroit landmark that was once in danger of being torn down, come back to life.
“It was COVID, and everything was shut down,” said Redmond. “I needed something to do. I wanted to help a friend, JDS Pro, who was in need. I got hired by Leidal & Hart. We came into the Michigan Central Station and, removed graffiti, and washed brick. It was a great experience, and really, to watch this place come to life and then, of course, to watch tonight. It’s really just unbelievable.”
Redmond vividly described the transformation, pointing out the spots on the back walls where the engines used to leave trails of smoke on the building.
He said the limestone bricks were tough to clean, but the more he worked at it, the cleaner it became. He even took time to thank the station.
“We had great memories with you guys on Local 4,’ Redmond said. “You guys at channel 4. You guys did a great job tonight putting this all together.”
Redmond couldn’t leave the interview without giving a special shoutout to a sports legend as a bonus, saying:
“Hey Bernie, It’s good to see you again. When I’m not going ‘Bingo-Bango, there goes another one for the Red Wings’ I’m wondering, ‘What the heck’s going on at A Weekend At Bernie’s? Good to see you, man.”
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Lions minicamp highlights: Watch Jameson Williams snag deep shot from Jared Goff
Detroit Lions minicamp has been full of highlights from the first two days, but the team generally keeps those close to the vest. The Lions don’t post a ton of highlights from practices, which leaves fans only to imagine what has been happening based on observations posts from ourselves and others.
But on Wednesday, the Lions posted video of one of the bigger plays of the day. Toward the end of practice during 7-on-7 drills, Jared Goff hit Jameson Williams down the right sideline for a huge gain. Take a look:
This is one of those rare plays in which you can argue that everyone did their job well. Williams did a great job of locating the ball and fighting through the defender’s hands. Carlton Davis is in great coverage considering Williams’ speed and is completely in phase with him the entire time. And Jared Goff laid a beautiful ball placed only where Williams would have a shot at it.
After practice, Goff talked about how far his chemistry with Williams has come since last year.
“It’s been really good to see him do his thing,” Goff said. “I think this offseason has been unimpeded for him and it’s the first one he’s had. Having him out there with the ones, getting him used to all of this stuff, him and I getting on the same page more and more every single day. We’re starting to see that show up pretty consistently. Saw it a few times today. And, again, he’s a guy who’s become extremely hard on himself, too, and is holding himself to a really high standard, and that makes things easy to fall in line.”
And if that wasn’t enough offensive fireworks for you, then enjoy these touchdown passes to Amon-Ra St. Brown (from Goff) and Kalif Raymond (from Hendon Hooker).
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