Detroit Lions Amon-Ra St. Why did Brown return punts against the Colts?

Detroit Lions They had to turn to their All-Pro wide receivers to return punts in their Week 12 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.

When Kalif Raymond He went down with a foot injury and was eliminated by the Lions Amon-Ra St. He put Brown back on the punt field later in the game. As the team’s emergency punt returner, he returned two punts for a total of 15 yards.

With Raymond’s status in jeopardy for Detroit’s Thanksgiving game against the Chicago Bears, Detroit will need to replace its best running back. We have some time to line up the squad and prepare, Detroit He could turn to a member of the practice squad or an outside addition to handle returns in Raymond’s absence.

When asked during the weekly radio interviewcoach Dan Campbell, St. He explained that the decision to put Brown back to punt was due to how reliable the wideout was.

“So, do you know why Saint was there? It was because Leaf was injured,” Campbell said. “So now that we’re another week in, we’ll probably have a different returner. And if we need Saint in a critical situation, we’ll use him. But that’s the real reason he’s there, because he’s… he’s delivered and we know he’s going to get the job done. And he’s “It’s so reliable that if it wasn’t so reliable we might not have put it back there.”

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Raymond’s injury isn’t the only worry lions There is ahead of the upcoming match. St. Many players, including Brown, emerged as projected nonparticipants in Monday’s at-large evaluation. One of those left tackle Taylor Decker, who briefly left Sunday’s game.

storey He missed the Lions’ Week 10 game against the Houston Texans and was replaced by Dan Skipper, while Penei Sewell was retained at his natural right tackle position.

“We thought about both for a short week. The way to go (Monday), we left Sewell out on the right,” Campbell explained. “But again, because we’re not getting reps at full speed, it’s really easy for us to just throw him to the side and let him roll. So we’re not 100 percent on that yet, but I can tell you that we were on the right side yesterday.”

lions They managed to hold possession for most of Sunday’s game, with the Colts only being able to score a field goal on two of the first three drives before getting shut out for the rest of the game.

Campbell He explained how thankful he was that the Colts chose to take the ball after winning the coin toss, which allowed the defense to take the field early and gain some momentum with a red zone stop.

“Yeah, it was great because we wanted to play defense,” Campbell said. “I wanted to play defense first, so it was perfect. It depends. What’s the outlook that week? The opponent? The energy we want to start that week, maybe you feel like you’ve got an advantage or you feel like you can get some momentum early or set the tempo, so I think that’s going to continue throughout the week.” “Take it and feel it, but I definitely wanted to play defense first and it’s been great.”