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St. Brown

Although it was the third time he’s done so this year, St. Brown’s nine receptions matched a season high. He couldn’t quite reach 100 yards for what would have been the third time. At one point down on the turf with an injury, ARSB eventually made his way to the sideline without assistance and ended up missing only one play. Along with the rest of the Lions’ offense, St. Brown has been hitting his ceiling less than usual this season but is maintaining an elite floor. He will find himself back in the top five for next week’s road trip to Washington D.C.

St. Brown has now seen seven or more targets in all six games since the team’s opening weekend loss to the Packers, hitting double-digits three times in that span as the clear top dog through the air for the Lions. His first quarter touchdown went down as his seventh trip to paint in 2025, a mark that now stands alone atop the league - one ahead of Jake Ferguson, Davante Adams, and George Pickens. He’ll look to keep the momentum going post-bye, in a Week 9 meeting with the division rival Vikings.

St. Brown saw a pedestrian first half before the Lions were forced to attack the short-to-intermediate areas of the field against a 4-3, Cover-2-heavy Steve Spagnuolo defense that all but eliminated downfield passing. The 10 targets handily led the team but the modest yardage total ranked behind both Jameson Williams and Sam LaPorta, the latter two of whom each also found the end zone in the loss. St. Brown remains a WR1 in fantasy circles ahead of a Week 7 showdown with the Buccaneers on Monday Night Football.

St. Brown practiced in full on Thursday and Friday after taking the day off on Wednesday. The Lions’ star slot receiver is an elite WR1 for his team’s Sunday Night Football game on NBC against the Chiefs. The Lions’ own secondary is in poor health, which could facilitate a successful pass-heavy approach from the Chiefs right out of the gate. The ensuing game script for Detroit bodes positively for St. Brown’s already-exceptional target volume.

St. Brown was joined by Lions No. 3 WR Kalif Raymond (neck), who practiced for the first time this week in a limited capacity. Hope for a game featuring Jameson Williams’ speed briefly flickered to life when both St. Brown and Raymond appeared on the Wednesday injury report as non-participants, but both players’ return likely pushes Williams back into his field-stretching role. While Williams should still be in fantasy lineups in what should be a high-scoring game against the Chiefs, St. Brown will undoubtedly dominate targets.

This is the first appearance on the injury report for St. Brown. The Lions do a good job of resting their veterans throughout the week, so fantasy managers shouldn’t panic just yet. It is, however, a situation to monitor throughout the week. Jameson Williams could finally see more work on underneath routes if St. Brown were to miss Week 6. Sam LaPorta would also be asked to step up in a potential shootout with Kansas City. We will get more info when the Lions release their practice report of the week on Thursday.

With the Lions taking a 28-3 lead in the second half, Detroit took its foot off the gas and Jared Goff only threw 23 passes all day. St. Brown didn’t score a touchdown after hauling in six touchdowns in the first four games, but he continued to dominate targets for the Lions. The Sun God had nine targets while the rest of his teammates had 14 combined. Death, taxes and Goff leaning heavily on his most-trusted receiver. St. Brown is a WR1 against the Chiefs in Week 6.

The Lions beat the Browns by 24 points, so there wasn’t much need for Jared Goff to juice the volume of his receivers. He only threw 27 passes but locked on to St. Brown as an easy-button target for intermediate throws. St. Brown led the Lions in all receiving categories, though Jameson Williams paced the team with eight targets. St. Brown is now up to six touchdowns on the year, putting him halfway to his 2024 total in just four games. He remains one of the best fantasy options at his position heading into Week 5 against the Bengals.

St. Brown remained an integral part of the offense on a night quarterback Jared Goff attempted just 28 passes. He also contributed to a touchdown run by Jahmyr Gibbs on a fourth down trick play to start the fourth quarter, during which he took a handoff from Jared Goff before pitching the football to Gibbs on the perimeter. He would also come up big late in the game when he caught a 20-yard dime from Goff on fourth-and-two while up by seven points. St. Brown can continue to be counted on as a weekly WR1.

Smarting from a scoreless 4/45 in Week 1, St. Brown rebounded for the first three-touchdown game of his career. The scores came from four, eight, and four yards out, with ARSB simply dominating his DB competition at the goal line and in the end zone. It’s one of the reasons he can command the money he did as a primary slot man. With the Lions scoring 52 points, ARSB’s big day came even as Jameson Williams got home as a deep threat. JaMo’s continued emergence means ARSB could be a little more boom or bust than usual this season, but he remains a locked in, mid-range WR1. The Ravens await for Week 3.