When the 2025\u201326 season starts, the Detroit Lions coaching staff will look very different because they have had to replace a lot of assistant coaches. Although the NFL coaching carousel has taken a toll on the Lions, star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown thinks the team will be alright. Both Lions coordinators, Aaron Glenn on defence and Ben Johnson on offence, accepted head coaching positions. Steve Heiden, the former tight ends coach, accepted the offensive line coaching position with the New<\/p>\n
However, we’ll be fine,” St. Brown stated through NBC Sports. “You mean that players make plays?” The 2024 season saw St. Brown make a good number of plays. During the 2024 regular season, he caught 115 receptions for 1,263 yards and 12 touchdowns, ranking No. 2, No. 5, and No. 3 in the NFL in each category. In the divisional round, St. Brown made an impression during the Lions’ 45-31 defeat to the Washington Commanders. He hauled in 137 yards on eight receptions. It will be St. Brown’s fifth NFL season when the 2025\u201326 campaign starts. With the exception of his rookie season in 2021, when he finished with 912 receiving yards, he has easily surpassed the 1,000-yard mark each season.<\/p>\n
How did Amon-Ra St. Brown react to the exit of WR coach?<\/p>\n
Amon-Ra St. Brown explained how he is happy for his former position coach.<\/p>\n
“I’m glad for him,” St. Brown stated regarding Randel El teaming up with Johnson in Chicago. \u201cWe have a group chat containing all the wide receivers and our coach; I was just reflecting on it, Antwaan Randle El, our receivers coach, hails from Chicago.\u201d I considered that perhaps he would accompany them. I jumped into the group chat and asked, \u2018L [Randle El] aren\u2019t you a Chicago native?\u2019 Are you following Ben? I dispatched that at 6:17 p.m., and two minutes later he called me inquiring if it had been leaked. I replied no, I was simply joking. He then informed me that he was departing to take a position as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach; it’s an advancement, and considering it’s Chicago, I had to accept that.<\/p>\n
St. Brown has emerged as one of the leading wide receivers in the NFL, a development in which Randle El contributed during his tenure in Detroit.<\/p>\n
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