DETROIT – The Lions agreed to massive extensions with their two top offensive stars on Wednesday.
Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown has agreed to a four-year, $120 million extension, and offensive tackle Penei Sewell is signing a four-year, $112 million deal, a source has confirmed to ESPN. told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
St. Brown’s contract includes $77 million guaranteed, the source said. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, this is the most guaranteed money for a wide receiver in a single contract in NFL history.
Sewell’s contract includes $85 million guaranteed, the source told Schefter, the most for an offensive lineman, according to ESPN Stats and information. The $28 million annual average salary in his contract is also the largest for an offensive lineman.
The Lions announced Thursday that they exercised Sewell’s fifth-year option for the 2025 season in addition to his new deal. He also announced that St. Brown had signed his extension, but did not disclose the terms of the deal.
In a video posted to his Instagram Story from Ford Field on Wednesday, St. Brown said, “I can’t wait. I’m here, four more years.”
The Lions can now turn their attention to extending an extension with quarterback Jared Goff. Both sides have discussed the expansion, but no conclusion has been reached yet. Goff is entering the final year of his contract and has expressed interest in remaining with the Lions in 2021 after being traded to the Los Angeles Rams.
A source told Schefter that a deal with Goff is not in the near future.
The 24-year-old St. Brown was selected as a first-team All-Pro last season, when he had career bests with 119 catches, 1,515 yards and 10 touchdown receptions.
The 23-year-old Sewell was also selected as a first-team All-Pro for the first time last season. He and St. Brown became the Lions’ first two offensive players to make first-team All-Pro since 1997. Both he and St. Brown have been selected to the last two Pro Bowls. Sewell joined Lomas Brown as the only Lions offensive tackles to be named to the Pro Bowl in consecutive seasons.
According to ESPN Stats, St. Brown is one of only three players in NFL history, along with Odell Beckham Jr. (2014–16) and Michael Thomas (2016–18), to have 90 or more receptions in each of his first three seasons. Are. Information
The Lions selected St. Brown in the fourth round of the 2021 draft. He would have been an unrestricted free agent after this season without a new deal.
Sewell was selected by the Lions in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2021 draft. His extension comes ahead of next week’s deadline for teams to decide on fifth-year options for players selected in the first round of the 2021 draft.
NFL Network first reported the news of Brown’s deal.
Before news of the deal broke, St. Brown spoke to ESPN on Wednesday morning, saying he felt “good” about a potential contract extension.
“I’m not worried, I know this will be addressed in the near future,” he said. “Not too worried about it. Negotiations are going pretty well. So, I’m excited for it.”
His father, John Brown, told ESPN that the Lions were looking to make a deal before the draft.
“You keep going back and forth, but when it happens, even when you anticipate it, it’s surprising,” Brown said. “I’m proud of him.”
St. Brown said his goals for next year include winning the Super Bowl after helping the Lions make the NFC Championship Game for the first time in 32 years.
“My goals for next year will definitely be higher goals than last year, but I want to win a Super Bowl,” he told ESPN. “For me, for our entire team, that’s goal No. 1, is to get to the Super Bowl.
“We’re hungry, we’re ready for it,” he said. “We came up short last year, but we feel like we’re ready for it. We’ve got the guys on this team. We’ve been there before; we know what it looks like, and it starts for us now. Is. “
As Detroit prepares to host its first NFL Draft this week, St. Brown will be one of the busiest athletes. He has several appearances scheduled, including meeting with military members through USAA and serving pizza to the community at Little Caesars Love Kitchen on Thursday.
