Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said Monday that wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown’s reduced workload against the New York Jets wasn’t tied to anything major.
St. Brown played 48 of 65 offensive snaps, or 74%, and was seen walking off the field slowly at different points in the game. That led to some concern he might have been dealing with an injury, but Campbell tried to calm that down when he spoke with local reporters.
"Saint, no, he just had a little something. I don't think it's a huge thing," said Campbell.
"Our guys today had him checked out. Saint doesn’t want to get anything checked out.
He's fine. You ask him, he's fine.
So, I think we'll be okay there. Boy, all those guys did a great job for us.
Saint, I know there wasn't a ton there.
"They wanted to take him away, but man, all the dirty work he did, once again, he and (Isaac) TeSlaa and (Jameson Williams) Jamo man, they all blocked their tails off for (Jahmyr) Gibbs in the run game. So, that was, I think sometimes people forget all the other things they do for us and they're just team guys, man. They bust their (expletive).”
Campbell also gave an update on center Cade Mays, and the message there was more cautious. Mays, who spent the past two seasons (2024-2025) with the team that drafted him in the sixth round back in 2022, would like to be back on the field, but Campbell said this week looks unlikely.
"I think it would be a tall order for him this week," said Campbell. "I know he wants to play, but I think he's trending the right way. He's doing well, but I think that'll be a tall task to have him for this week.”
Campbell later added, “He'd be ready to play in the bye week. Who are we playing?
You tell me. No, I don't know.
He's trending. That was kind of always the goal was, man, can we get him after the bye?
He's doing a good job right now, but I don't want to put a timetable just yet on it.”
At safety, Thomas Harper’s situation appears more serious. An ankle injury has put him on injured reserve, which guarantees he’ll miss at least four games. Campbell said he couldn’t yet say whether Harper will be back this season.
“Yeah Harper, I mean, I don't know. I don't know what's the Harper deal," said Campbell."
We'll see he's IR right now. I mean, so we'll see on that.
I just know he won't be here for four weeks, or whatever, for sure."
Christian Izien filled in for the injured Avonte Maddox.
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