{"id":7254,"date":"2025-01-10T17:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7254"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:26:06","slug":"four-lions-named-ap-first-team-all-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7254","title":{"rendered":"Four Lions Named AP First-Team All-Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7255\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images_ImagnImages_mmsport_all_lions_01jh8bb73304z7zytjht-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images_ImagnImages_mmsport_all_lions_01jh8bb73304z7zytjht-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images_ImagnImages_mmsport_all_lions_01jh8bb73304z7zytjht-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images_ImagnImages_mmsport_all_lions_01jh8bb73304z7zytjht-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images_ImagnImages_mmsport_all_lions_01jh8bb73304z7zytjht-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images_ImagnImages_mmsport_all_lions_01jh8bb73304z7zytjht-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images_ImagnImages_mmsport_all_lions_01jh8bb73304z7zytjht.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Lions have once again had multiple players receive First-Team All-Pro honors from the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>With the AP All-Pro teams released Friday, the Lions had four players to earn First-Team honors in offensive tackle Penei Sewell, wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, safety Kerby Joseph and punter Jack Fox.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second-consecutive selection for both Sewell and St. Brown, while it&#8217;s the first in the careers of Joseph and Fox, who was a second-team All-Pro in 2020. The four selections ties the most 1991 team for most First-Team All-Pro selections since 1970.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit also had two players selected Second-Team All-Pro, as center Frank Ragnow and punt returner Kalif Raymond earned the honor. It is the second-straight year Ragnow has earned Second-Team honors.<\/p>\n<p>Sewell has become one of the league&#8217;s best right tackles quickly, as he finished the season with an 87.5 overall offensive grade via Pro Football Focus. He allowed 28 total pressures this season and just one sack.<\/p>\n<p>St. Brown went over 1,000 receiving yards for the third-straight year, notching 1,263 yards on 115 catches. He also had a career-high 12 receiving touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph has led the league in interceptions with nine, giving him 17 total in his career over his first three seasons. Though the Lions&#8217; defense as a whole has been up and down due to a number of injuries, Joseph has been a steadying force throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Despite leading the league in picks, Joseph was snubbed from the Pro Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois product praised the work of his teammates on defense after keeping the Minnesota Vikings out of the end zone in Week 18 in a division-clinching 31-9 win.<\/p>\n<p>They doubted us. They definitely did doubt us,&#8221; Joseph said following the team&#8217;s win over the Vikings. &#8220;But that just made us go harder, man. We love being the underdogs, so they ain&#8217;t really believing we can do it. But we came out here and did it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions have once again had multiple players receive First-Team All-Pro honors from the Associated Press. With the AP All-Pro teams released Friday, the Lions had four players to earn First-Team honors in offensive tackle Penei Sewell, wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, safety Kerby Joseph and punter Jack Fox. It is the second-consecutive selection 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