The rise of Amon-Ra St. Brown and his Detroit Lions in the NFL professional football league continues. After a somewhat rough victory at the Houston Texans, the wide receiver (pass receiver) with roots in Leverkusen and his teammates scored a real statement victory with the 52:6 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Bookmakers now consider them favorites to win the Super Bowl for the first time in team history. This was undoubtedly helped by the fact that the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs suffered their first defeat and, like the Lions, now have a record of 9-1 wins.
Detroit achieved something historic. Although coach Dan Campbell was able to rest his starters early on, the Lions achieved some new all-time records, some of which have rarely been surpassed in league history: 645 yards of space gained are eighth in NFL history, the plus of 475 yards over the Jaguars, the third-largest lead, and 38 first downs achieved, which only five teams have ever surpassed.
With so many experts on offense – the coach gave each player a “game ball” as a trophy – Amon-Ra managed to be one of two players in attack that the coach mentioned separately during his speech in the locker room. No wonder, as St. Brown caught all eleven passes served to him by quarterback Jared Goff. He gained 161 yards of space – a personal best – and two touchdowns. Overall, he has now made a successful end zone visit in the eighth game in a row. Only two players have had longer streaks since the late 1960s. And the German-American’s streak may continue. Without any appearances in the pre-season, in which Campbell rested his stars, it took two games until Goff and St. Brown found their usual connection again – or rather expanded it. Excluding the first two weeks, the “Sun God” caught 51 of 54 passes, which corresponds to an amazing rate of 94 percent (overall he still has an outstanding 83.3 percent). He is also part of the only trio that has ever managed to score a touchdown in eight games. St. Brown and running backs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, who complete the Lions’ scoring triumvirate, are only playing together for the second season.
More than just numbers, Amon-Ra’s class is expressed in the high esteem in which he is held by experts – such as seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady – but especially in Detroit. Coach Campbell called the receiver “our rock who just keeps making plays. You can place it wherever you want and it will deliver whatever you need.” Goff also raved about the German-American once again after the latest victory: “At the end of the game I had the feeling that it didn’t matter what move we called. He shakes off the defender and is free. “He was extremely motivated this week and brought that to the field.”
