Detroit Lions Brad Holmes will meet with the agent of Amon-Ra St. Brown to discuss contract extension.
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00:00 John, as you heard, the Lions are going to begin talking to the agent of Amadurah St.
00:04 Brown about a potential contract extension.
00:08 It's about time for the Lions to do that with their All-Pro wide receiver.
00:13 What do you have to say about that?
00:14 Be it the case for the Lions and the agent of Amadurah St. Brown?
00:17 Yeah, you know, it's real interesting.
00:20 Obviously, in Indianapolis at the combine, agents flock to the combine to talk to general
00:27 managers because the NFL world has come down to Indianapolis for the scouting combine.
00:34 And I don't think it's a terribly surprising veto that the Lions want to have preliminary
00:39 talks with the agent of Amadurah St. Brown.
00:41 You recognize he's the heart and soul of that football team.
00:44 You recognize that he's a fourth round pick that really took it personally and took it
00:50 as a challenge to better himself.
00:53 Never satisfied.
00:54 Really embodies everything that the Lions are about, hard work, you can rely on him
00:59 and does it all.
01:00 Only getting better.
01:01 So, eventually, he is going to get a large, hefty raise, probably in the neighborhood
01:06 of $20 to $25 million per season.
01:09 Now, no deal is imminent.
01:11 The reports are that the agent will have preliminary talks with Brad Holmes and probably start
01:16 the discussions regarding what the framework of a new deal could look like.
01:21 When you look at Amadurah St. Brown, there's no worry that if you lavish him with a hefty
01:26 long-term contract that's going to be life-changing money, I don't think that he's going to then
01:32 just become a player that becomes average.
01:34 I think that you take care of your own.
01:37 That's why the benefits of having the salary cap go up is it eases the burden on big contracts
01:42 that you're going to give out.
01:43 And for the Detroit Lions, there should be no doubt that Amadurah St. Brown should earn
01:48 a hefty raise based on what he brings to the offense.
01:51 But, at this point in time, no deal is going to be consummated in the short term, but eventually,
01:57 maybe even prior to the start of the season, Amadurah St. Brown is going to be taken care
02:01 of by the Detroit Lions.
02:03 He's worth every penny of that $25 million a year, potentially, that he's about to get
02:06 paid as part of this new contract, John.
02:08 John, thanks for all the time.