Saints WR Equanimeous St. Brown, Amon-Ra's brother, is associated with the city of Detroit

Equanimeous St. Brown may no longer be able to play in the same division as his brother, Detroit Lions star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown.

But Equanimeous, who signed with the New Orleans Saints’ practice squad this offseason after stints with the Lions’ NFC North rivals the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears, apparently has beef with Detroit.

“If people could choose to live anywhere in the world or country, they wouldn’t choose Detroit,” Equanimeous said on a recent episode of the “St. Brown Podcast,” which he co-hosted with Amon-Ra.

That caused a bitter reaction on social media – from the official X account of the real City of Detroit:

The city’s account went on to cite several economic figures as “reasons to consider calling Detroit home.”

Of course, it wasn’t the end of the beef. Equanimeous quickly clapped back, saying he hoped Detroit would “crack” the top 25 next year, to which the city’s account replied, “I hope you don’t have to move to another city next year.”

The city of Detroit has a point, which is an actual sentence we here at FOX Sports can’t believe you just typed. Equanimeous has been championed by his younger brother Amon-Ra throughout his career. Despite entering the NFL three years before Amon-Ra, Equanimeous still caught just 63 of 110 targets for 928 yards and two touchdowns in his career. He has not played in an NFL game so far this season.

In comparison, Amon-Ra has been a key part of the Lions’ resurgence under Dan Campbell since arriving in Detroit as a fifth-round pick out of USC in 2021. He has recorded at least 1,100 yards receiving each of the past two seasons. and he’s on pace to do that again this year with 252 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 27 catches so far this year.

Next, the Lions play at the Dallas Cowboys in a matchup of NFC heavyweights on America’s Game of The Week (4:25 p.m. ET Sunday on FOX and the FOX Sports App) with Kevin Burkhardt and seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady . on the phone from Arlington.

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