Amon-Ra St. Brown made it clear this week he’d a lot slightly watch Saint Nick shimmy down his chimney on Thursday than play in an NFL sport.
The 26-year-old Lions famous person admitted to his brother on the “St. Brown Podcast” that he’s “not a fan” of getting to work on Christmas Day this yr, particularly since Detroit performs on Thanksgiving yearly.
“The 2 greatest holidays I really feel like in the US,” St. Brown stated, “we performed on each of them.
“And I don’t even have children but. If I had children, I’d be much more pissed. Like, you possibly can’t be spending it with your loved ones. Get to see your children open items — I really feel like that’s one thing that lots of mother and father like to see and might’t look forward to.
“So, I don’t even prefer it and I’m not even a f–king father but.”
To make issues much more irritating for St. Brown, the Lions should hit the highway on the particular vacation, with their matchup towards the Vikings slated to kick off at 4:30 p.m. ET in Minneapolis.
“Us touring,” St. Brown stated, “it’s like, rattling.”
The four-time Professional Bowler has by no means performed on Christmas in any of his 5 seasons within the league. The closest he bought was on Dec. 26 throughout his rookie yr in 2021. He then performed on Christmas Eve in each 2022 and ’23.
He’s hardly the one famous person athlete who needs he had Xmas off, as LeBron James stated over the weekend that he would slightly spend the day away from an NBA hardwood.
But whereas St. Brown can be miles from household and having fun with Santa’s work from afar, he did nonetheless say he appreciated the chance to shine on such a public stage.
“Hey, one other primetime sport, can’t actually complain,” he stated. “And I like enjoying at Minnesota. So, it must be a very good one.”
