"He's just that guy, man."
That was what quarterback Jared Goff had to say about wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown after St. Brown caught all 11 of his targets for a career-high 161 yards and two touchdowns in Detroit's 52-6 win over Jacksonville Sunday.
"I think we did see some possibilities to kind of recalibrate ourselves this week and get back on the same page, where we want to be, and he's certainly a big part of that," Goff said of St. Brown. "Felt like towards the end there, we could kind of call anything and he was going to get himself open, and he came in this week ready to go and showed up."
St. Brown is just the third player in franchise history to post a game with at least 10 receptions, 150 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. He's also produced a touchdown reception in his eighth straight game, which ties the third longest single-season streak in the NFL since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger.
Sunday was St. Brown's 18th 100-yard performance, the third most in franchise history.
Detroit's offense had a historic day against Jacksonville, setting franchise records for total yards (644), total first downs (38) and plus-46 margin of victory. Lions head coach Dan Campbell said after the game that St. Brown continues to be one of the keys for all of it.
"Then you've got our rock St. Brown, who just continues to make plays – you put him anywhere you want to put him, and you need it, he's got it," Campbell said.
GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE
This question has come up a few times this year and it's a good problem to have: When is the right time to take out the starters in a blowout win? Detroit's won three games this season by at least 35 points.
"There's nothing easy about it," Campbell said. "This is a weird – this is another one of those bizarre things that you're running into. Normally this doesn't happen. It's just like the third time this has come up this season, which, it's a good problem to have.
"There's a number of things, and I think you want to know that you finish on a good note, you found a rhythm, you keep the rhythm, 'OK, now the time says, let's get them out.'"
Campbell also said he's not going to play with fear of injury in those situations.
"I do not want to let the fear of injury take away from our identity," he said. "That'll always be most important to me. More so, the minute you start worrying about injuries, that's when bad things happen, so that's kind of – I'll finish with that."
BIG PLAY JAMO
Jameson Williams caught a 64-yard touchdown on Detroit's first possession of the second half that put any chance of a comeback out of reach. It was the fourth receiving touchdown on the year for Williams and the seventh of his career. All seven have been on catches of 30-plus yards.
Williams is now averaging 22.4 yards per reception on the season after hauling in four for 124 yards (31.0) on Sunday. He continues to be one of the best big-play threats in the game.
EXTRA POINTS
- Za’Darius Smith made his Lions debut Sunday and recorded one tackle, a half sack and a tackle for loss.
- Alex Anzalone is Detroit's first linebacker to post seven-plus tackles for loss in three straight seasons since DeAndre Levy from 2012-14.
