Amon-Ra St. Brown toughs out injury, fuels Lions in key win - ESPN

DETROIT — Unable to walk just last week because of an ankle injury, Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown said he was willing to do «whatever it takes to be out there» against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night.

St. Brown, who was officially ruled active in the hours leading up to kickoff, finished with six receptions for 92 yards, including a crucial fourth-quarter catch that helped seal the Lions' 44-30 win against the Cowboys while keeping their playoff chances alive.

Until Wednesday, he said he didn't know for sure whether he was going to play through his ankle sprain.

«No matter what our record was, whether we were undefeated right now or didn't have a win, I was gonna do everything to be out there,» St. Brown said. «Just to be out there for my guys.

»I feel like availability is your best ability at the end of the day, so my job is to go out there and make plays and be on that field. It's what they pay me to do, so I was gonna do whatever it takes to be out there."

St. Brown didn't practice all week leading up to Thursday night's pivotal game, which matched two teams battling for playoff contention with five games left in the season.

«I just rested it honestly. Those types of injuries, you can't really do much,» St. Brown said. «You've got to rest it. I was in the training room a lot. The training did a great job doing all different types of modalities and things like that, but, yeah, [last] Friday after the game, I couldn't move.»

St. Brown hurt his ankle during the opening quarter of Detroit's 31-24 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving Day and didn't return. Initially, Lions coach Dan Campbell said he thought St. Brown could be out for a week or two, but he progressed quicker than expected with the help of