Lions star Amon-Ra St Brown explains why he isn't fan of playing on Christmas: 'Don't even like it'

While shot fans whitethorn bask immoderate NFL shot connected Christmas Day, not each players stock the aforesaid thoughts.

Detroit Lions prima receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown revealed connected his "St. Brown Podcast" with his older brother, Equanimeous, that helium isn’t a instrumentality of having to enactment connected the holidays.

The Lions, who play yearly connected Thanksgiving Day, volition play astatine U.S. Bank Stadium against the Minnesota Vikings connected Christmas.

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Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) warms up up of the Washington Commanders crippled astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Md., Nov. 9, 2025. (Junfu Han/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

"The 2 biggest holidays I consciousness similar successful the United States, we played connected some of them." Amon-Ra told his brother.

"And I don’t adjacent person kids yet. If I had kids, I’d beryllium adjacent much pissed. Like, you can’t beryllium spending it with your family, get to spot your kids unfastened gifts. I consciousness similar that’s thing that a batch of parents emotion to spot and can’t hold for.

"I don’t adjacent similar it, and I’m not adjacent a f---ing begetter yet."

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Playing for the Lions means Thanksgiving Day volition ever impact football, and Amon-Ra signed a four-year, $120 cardinal hold past year. So, helium understands Thanksgiving means enactment archetypal earlier the feast.

But, arsenic helium said, some large holidays tin beryllium tough, particularly for those fathers who privation to beryllium astir their children and families.

It’s an added nuisance for Amon-Ra that the Lions besides person to question for the game.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown celebrates aft scoring during the archetypal fractional against the Washington Commanders Nov. 9, 2025, successful Landover, Md. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)

"Us traveling, it’s like, damn," helium told his brother.

Amon-Ra is besides dealing with a genu wounded pursuing the team’s pugnacious nonaccomplishment to the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday. He was officially listed arsenic questionable for the game, though he's expected to play barring immoderate pregame setback.

The Lions find themselves successful a must-win concern successful Week 17 if they privation to marque the playoffs. While Detroit needs to triumph their last 2 games, they besides request the Green Bay Packers, their NFC North rivals, to suffer their last 2 games to scope the playoffs.

The concern would’ve been antithetic if the Lions hadn’t had Amon-Ra’s touchdown with 22 seconds near astatine Ford Field Sunday called backmost for violative walk interference.

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A fewer plays later, Amon-Ra was called for violative walk interference connected the last play of the game, erstwhile helium was capable to transportation it backmost to backmost Jared Goff, who flew into the extremity portion for what Lions fans hoped was the game-winning score. Instead, the emblem negated the touchdown and the crippled ended.

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