Last month, Amon-Ra St. Brown walked into Lambeau Field wearing a hoodie with a simple message across the chest: GREENBAY SUCKS. (The back of it, as we'd come to learn later, said, DETROIT F**KS). Then he caught the first touchdown of the game in the Lions' takedown of the Packers.
Anything special planned for Thursday night when the Packers come to Ford Field?
"Not this week," said St. Brown. "I don’t have anything this week."
Packers star safety Xavier McKinney, who made headlines ahead of the last matchup by saying the Lions "try to embarrass" teams with their offense, was asked this week about St. Brown -- and his wardrobe choices -- and said, "I ain't worried about him. We're not worried about him."
They probably should be. In his last six games against the Packers, five of them wins for the Lions, St. Brown has caught 39 passes for 420 yards and three touchdowns.
But McKinney thought the Packers "did a hell of a job" stopping the Lions' No. 1-ranked scoring offense last month.
"Obviously they’re a high-powered offense and can put up a lot of points if you allow them to do so, but I thought we played well last game, held them to 17 (offensive) points. We just gotta go out there with the same mindset and do what we did in the last matchup, but just do it better," he said.
The Packers come into the game 9-3 and winners of three straight since their loss to Detroit. The Lions are 11-1 and winners of 10 straight as they eye their second straight division title and the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
"They’re going to be fired up to play us in Detroit, because we went and beat them in Green Bay," said St. Brown. "We gotta be ready, because we know they'll be ready."
It will mark the Lions' fourth primetime game of the season, after wins on Sunday night over the Rams and Texans and on Monday night against the Seahawks.
"Primetime games are always my favorite," said St. Brown. "Everyone’s watching, big game, divisional game. When we look back four or five weeks from now, this game is going to mean a lot, so we’re excited. Can’t wait to play em."
"The closer you get (to the playoffs), the more intense the games get, the more they mean," he added. "But I would say divisional games always mean more. They count twice as much."