Amon-ra St. Brown Had Blunt Response To Critics Of Lions’ Latest Oc Hire

The Lions person officially hired Drew Petzing arsenic nan team’s caller violative coordinator.

Following nan departure of Ben Johnson, nan Lions tabbed John Morton arsenic violative coordinator, but aft that hiring didn’t beryllium arsenic successful arsenic they hoped and Dan Campbell took complete play-calling duties, Morton was fired.

Now, Petzing will return complete arsenic nan Lions violative coordinator aft spending nan past 3 seasons arsenic nan Cardinals’ violative coordinator. While nan Cardinals’ results complete nan past 3 years—including a 15–36 record—don’t needfully animate excitement, wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown feels immoderate Lions fans person been excessively captious of nan hire.

"I spot crazy Lions fans talking crazy. ‘Oh why would we do this?’ Bro, do you guys person nary spot successful Dan [Campbell], successful nan Lions? Do you deliberation they'd conscionable prosecute a random dude? Be for real,” St. Brown said connected his podcast. “You deliberation they don’t cognize what they’re doing, they don’t do their research, they don’t interview? Most of you guys don’t really cognize overmuch astir anything, astir immoderate ball, and you’re tweeting astir a coach that was hired that you guys don’t for illustration because of X, Y, Z. It’s conscionable funny for maine to see. Don’t get maine incorrect I emotion each Lions fans, but they are truthful speedy to make judgments astir who we hired. Bro, conscionable relax. Calm down, fto nan full point play out.”

The Cardinals were surely not 1 of nan astir explosive offenses, but location are reasons for optimism astir Petzing. In 2023 and ‘24, nan Cardinals classed top-five successful rushing yards per game. That number plummeted to 31st successful nan NFL this season, successful portion because of injuries to their moving backs room, including to James Conner.

Petzing’s passing offenses did spot greater statistical occurrence this season, finishing seventh successful passing yards per crippled pinch Jacoby Brissett throwing for a career-high 3,366 yards successful 14 games and 12 starts. (Granted, a number of those yards came successful garbage time.)

The expectations mightiness not beryllium precocious for Petzing among nan fanbase successful Detroit but nan Lions will dream that he brings much consistency to nan offense, peculiarly successful nan moving game.

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