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Amon-Ra St. Brown injury update: Lions WR's practice status revealed ahead of Cowboys game

Meby: Nick Geddes22 hours agoNickGeddesNews

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown was a non-participant in practice on Monday. St. Brown sprained his ankle in the Thanksgiving Day loss to the Green Bay Packers.

The Lions host the Dallas Cowboys in Week 14 on Thursday Night Football. Head coach Dan Campbell said last week that while St. Brown avoided a long-term injury, he could be sidelined for one or two games.

“I don’t feel like this is long-, long-term, so that’s the good news,” Campbell said. “But that doesn’t mean it won’t be here for – it could be a week or two, maybe. If we’re lucky.”

St. Brown, 26, injured his left ankle in the first quarter against Green Bay. He was blocking on a run play when offensive linemen Kayode Awosika and Penei Sewell fell into the back of his leg. St. Brown was accompanied into the locker room and did not return.

Lions hoping Amon-Ra St. Brown can return soon from ankle injury

St. Brown is Detroit’s leading receiver this season with 75 receptions for 884 yards and nine touchdowns. He was a first-team All-Pro selection in each of the previous two seasons. In his absence, Jameson Williams recorded a season-high 144 yards on seven catches. Rookie Isaac TeSlaa and Tom Kennedy saw more playing time with St. Brown out.

The Lions are already without tight end Sam LaPorta. Should they have to play without St. Brown, it will impact many things they want to do as an offense.

“When you lose a guy like Saint, it’s tough,” Campbell said. “There’s so many things that he brings to our offense. Everybody knows the production and the versatility he has, but also all the dirty work he does in the run game. All the little things, man. The nuances of where you line up to where you go, to who you block if it’s this look, to now if they go here you need to slide back to do that.

“I mean, he’s so fricking smart, man, and he’s tough. And so, there’s a million jobs he does, and he does them at a high level that it does, it hurts when you lose him.”