Amon-Ra St. Brown should stop crying about NFL playoff seeding and just focus on the Detroit Lions winning football games

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown thinks the NFL should change its playoff seeding rules because he might have to gasp play a Wild Card game on the road if the Lions lose to the Minnesota Vikings this weekend.

Oof. Hand up, I really do not like the Detroit Lions. Everything about them is cringeworthy so please, spare me the sob story, Amon-Ra.

The NFL’s playoff system isn’t broken, and it doesn’t need fixing just because a team couldn’t take care of business in its own division. The rules are simple: if you want home-field advantage, win your division.

If you don’t? Pack your bags, buddy, because you’re hitting the road.

Amon-Ra St. Brown Doesn’t Like The Idea of Playing On The Road if Lions Lose Division

Amon-Ra St. Brown and the Lions are upset because they’re 14-2 and might end up playing an away game in the Wild Card round if they lose to the Vikings. Boo-hoo. Maybe instead of lobbying for rule changes, they should focus on beating Minnesota on Sunday.

The NFL’s current system rewards division winners, and it should. If you can’t finish atop your division—even with a shiny record—you don’t deserve home-field advantage.

Why should the Lions be gifted a cushy playoff path just because they had a good season? If you want the perks of being a division champ, you have to, you know, win the division.

Amon-Ra St. Brown said, “It’s kind of crazy” that a 14-win team might have to play on the road. What’s crazy is this sense of entitlement. Football is a tough, gritty sport, and the playoffs should reflect that. If anything, the prospect of playing on the road should light a fire under the Lions. Great teams don’t complain—they rise to the occasion.

Let’s not pretend the Lions have been some powerhouse franchise historically. This is a team that hasn’t won a playoff game since 1992. Maybe focus on breaking that streak before demanding the league rewrite its rules.

No Participation Trophies in the NFL

The NFL’s current playoff format works because it makes winning the division mean something. If you start messing with the seeding rules to accommodate “hard-luck” scenarios like this, you’re devaluing the importance of divisional games.

Do we really want a system where a team can cruise through the regular season, rack up a nice record, and still get a better seed than a team that fought tooth and nail to win its division?

That’s not football—that’s handing out participation trophies and color me surprised that the most overrated team in the NFL is the one crying about it.

Here’s an idea: instead of griping about hypotheticals, why not go out and take care of business on Sunday? Beat the Vikings, win the NFC North, and lock up the No. 1 seed. Problem solved.

Because if the Lions lose and have to play a Wild Card game on the road, they’ll have no one to blame but themselves. Football doesn’t owe you anything, Amon-Ra. You want home-field advantage? Earn it. If you don’t? Prepare to hit the road, buddy. That’s life in the NFL.

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