The Detroit Lions got good news Friday regarding star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, who left the Thanksgiving loss to the Packers with an ankle injury.
According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, St. Brown suffered a low-ankle sprain, not the more serious high-ankle sprain, and he is not expected to go on injured reserve. He’ll be considered week-to-week.
St. Brown was injured early in the first quarter after getting rolled up on while blocking. After the game, Dan Campbell sounded cautiously optimistic, saying the injury didn’t feel “long-term” and estimating St. Brown could miss “a week or two.”
The Lions have a quick turnaround with the Cowboys coming to Ford Field next Thursday, but after that, Detroit gets a mini-bye before facing the Rams, giving St. Brown a realistic window to return.
For now, though, the Lions avoided worst-case news — and their top receiver should be back sooner rather than later.
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If I remember right St. Brown got injured blocking on the punt receiving team! Why!! Why is he on that unit! You can easily get injured on that unit and you have other guys that can do that job!