Detroit Lions Amon-Ra St. Brown: ‘We know we’re special’

The Detroit Lions have looked downright invincible at times. During their eight-game winning streak, they have won in a variety of ways. But in games like Sunday’s against Jacksonville, the team shows very few mistakes and looks the part of a championship team.

That success has come from a sense of belief that is widely spread throughout the roster, as many of the key contributors were with the team for last season’s run to the NFC Championship. Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown has stressed the importance of taking the long season one game at a time, but acknowledged the Lions are in the midst of something extraordinary.

“We know we’re special. We know we’ve been special since the start of last year,” said St. Brown. “We have guys that we feel like, offensively across the board, who are special players, special athletes and coaches who love the game, who put us in a position to play, who work their asses off for us. We know that this group is special, and of course the defense is, but we’ve known we have a special group, and it’s just about us executing on Sundays, making plays, being in the right spots and just trusting ourselves. “

St. Brown has also been on another level individually. With 685 receiving yards through the first 10 games, he is on pace for what would be his third consecutive 1,000-yard season. He has also scored a touchdown in eight straight games.

Still, the USC product hasn’t spent time recently in the regular season to consider individual legacies or the mark he’s making with his own performance. Instead, he remains driven to do whatever it takes for his team to continue adding to the total in the win column.

He has developed a good relationship with quarterback Jared Goff, who has shown unwavering confidence in throwing the ball in his direction. The two have connected 65 times and at one point had gone 30 straight goals without an incompletion this season.

“Pretty good, I can trust him for really anything, and I think at one point during that game it felt like, ‘Hey, call whatever and let’s let St. Brown just go to work,” Goff said of St. Brown. “He’s as good as they get and I love playing with him.”

St. Brown admitted he is aware of the career resume he is already building and has proven to be one of the most motivated individuals in the entire league, but the focus remains on winning every week at this stage of the year.

“I think everybody thinks about it. Everybody wants to have a lasting mark, or legacy, whatever you want to call it in this league, or you want to be remembered for something,” said St. Brown. “We’re doing some special things right now, but like I said to everybody, right now is not the time to really think about it. Right now, we’re in full swing, we’re in. One week at. We’ve got the Colts in this week and we just want to keep trying to pick up points, play and help the team win.”

Planning a party

Lions, led by St. Brown, has displayed some of the most unique celebrations the league has seen throughout the regular season. When asked Wednesday, St. Brown expressed that the team doesn’t actually have a group chat for celebrations except for one — the first touchdown from the game against Houston.

St. Brown said the idea was relayed to him by Jameson Williams, so the wide receiver set up a group chat with several of his offensive teammates. He said the hardest person to convince was Jared Goff, who said he would only do it if Frank Ragnow did it.

Although Ragnow ended up joining the celebration, Goff did not because he was too far away from the play.

“We have a recipient group chat, I’m pretty sure each skill group has their own group chat,” explained St. Brown. “The running backs have theirs, the receivers have ours. I’ll say for the Texans game, I did a quick one with some linemen, Jared, tight ends, receivers, just to spread the word that when we score the first touchdown, we’re having that celebration, Jamo’s right, Jamo brought it, he sent it to me. He said, ‘Holy, you have to tell everyone to you.’ I said, ‘Bet I’ll send it’.”