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NBC Sports
30-01-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Amon-Ra St. Brown on coaching changes: We'll be OK, players make plays
Wednesday brought word that Steve Heiden will leave his job as the Lions' tight ends coach in order to coach the Jets' offensive line and he's the latest in a long list of coaches to leave the team since their playoff loss to the Commanders. That's one of the consequences of being a winning team and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown weighed in on the changes during his St. Brown Podcast. St. Brown's position coach Antwaan Randle El followed Ben Johnson to the Bears and the wideout said he was happy Randle El is getting a chance to keep climbing the coaching ladder in Chicago. St. Brown also said that he thinks the Lions will weather the changes without much difficulty. 'We'll be all right, though,' St. Brown said. 'Players make plays, right?' St. Brown's comments call to mind the old football saying is that it's not about the Xs and the Os, but about the Jimmys and the Joes. The Lions will put that to the test in 2025.
USA Today
30-01-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Amon-Ra St. Brown breaks down coach Antwaan Randle El's departure for the Bears
Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown isn't normally known for breaking news, but maybe the 'Sun God' needs to add that to his job title. He was in position to be the first to report that wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El was leaving the Lions to become the new passing game coordinator of the Chicago Bears. In the latest edition of the St. Brown Podcast, the Lions All-Pro reveals he inadvertently learned Randle El was leaving for the Bears. 'I hit up the group chat, I go, 'El, ain't you from Chicago?' St. Brown said. 'I sent that. Next one. 'You following Ben?' Literally, I sent that at 6:17 p.m. Two minutes later, I get a call from him. 'The f***?' I answer. 'He said, 'What's up, man.' He goes, 'Hey man. How'd you know? Did that get leaked?' I said, 'Nah, I was just messing around.'' The surprised reaction from St. Brown was a genuine one. Randle El was in line to climb the coaching ladder in Detroit, but he opted to go to his hometown Bears with Ben Johnson instead. No. 14 has no hard feelings for his longtime coach. 'I get it. He's from Chicago, too. So, it's a step up, he gets to be receivers coach, knows the offense, knows Ben. It just makes sense for him,' St. Brown said. 'I'm not upset. I'm not upset about it. I'm happy for him. It's just funny how it all went down.'
