{"id":42139,"date":"2026-01-22T00:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=42139"},"modified":"2026-01-22T00:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:04:21","slug":"detroit-lions-fans-fire-right-back-at-amon-ra-st-brown-who-said-they-dont-know-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=42139","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions Fans Fire Right Back At Amon-Ra St. Brown, Who Said They &#8220;Don&#8217;t Know Ball&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254674909-e1769036054808.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254674909-e1769036054808.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254674909-e1769036054808.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254674909-e1769036054808.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Detroit Lions Fans Fire Right Back At Amon-Ra St. Brown, Who Said They &quot;Don't Know Ball&quot;\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a move that didn\u2019t surprise anyone, the Detroit Lions parted ways with offensive coordinator John Morton after only a single season in which his play calling duties were taken away midway through the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve since hired former Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, a move that naturally has some fans asking questions. However, Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown decided to take things to a new level of condescension toward elements in the fan base who didn\u2019t immediately give their 100 percent stamp of approval to the hiring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see crazy Lions fans talking crazy, like, \u2018Oh, why would we do this?\u2019 Bro, do you guys have no trust in Dan, in the Lions? You think they would just hire a random dude? Be for real,\u201d St. Brown said on his podcast, the \u201cSt. Brown Podcast,\u201d which also features his brother Equanimeous as a co-host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think they don\u2019t know what they\u2019re doing? They don\u2019t do their research? They don\u2019t interview? Most of you guys don\u2019t know really much about anything, about any ball,\u201d St. Brown continued. \u201cAnd you\u2019re tweeting about a coach that was hired that you guys don\u2019t like because of X, Y, Z. It\u2019s just funny to me to see.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love all Lions fans. But they are so quick to make judgments about who we hired. \u2026 Bro, just relax. Calm down, let the whole thing play out. Let it play out, just relax. That\u2019s all I\u2019ve got to say: Relax, man. Relax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Understandably, St. Brown\u2019s comments weren\u2019t exactly well received by many in the Lions fan base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSit this out Amon Ra\u2026. you were never a lions fan before the draft bucko,\u201d one fan said.<\/p>\n<p>This fan responded, \u201cI mean his last OC was taken away play call duties half way through the year and fired at the end of the season so there is reason to be skeptical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe fired Morton before 1\/2 a season\u2026I\u2019d say we have the right to question. Especially after ownership jacks up the season tix by 20%,\u201d another fan commented.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, this fan responded, \u201cCome on Amon-ra. They just hired a guy last year that didn\u2019t work out. Let\u2019s not pretend they are above criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2>Detroit Lions Fans Have Every Right To Question Team Hires<\/h2>\n<p>In the first place, St. Brown appeared to have forgotten past mistakes by the Lions coaching staff, who hired both Anthony Lynn and John Morton, either of whom lasted longer than a single season on the sidelines under Dan Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Lynn\u2019s record of 3-13-1 officially ranks him as the third-least successful offensive coordinator in Lions team history.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, while it wouldn\u2019t be right to pan a hiring by the club before he\u2019s even had the chance to coach the players in Training Camp, there is going to be a natural skepticism from fans who feel like they\u2019ve seen this movie before.<\/p>\n<p>Going after fans and accusing them \u201cnot knowing ball\u201d is the polar opposite attitude that should be displayed by one of the team captains of a franchise who not only missed the playoffs this season, but has a total of five playoff victories since 1957 with zero Super Bowl appearances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Lions fans responded to comments made by wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown after he said they &#8220;don&#8217;t know ball&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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