4 months ago
- Lions
- Updated: Jan. 07, 2026, 3:36 p.m.
- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
ALLEN PARK -- Before nan Detroit Lions faced nan Chicago Bears successful their past regular-season game, nan team’s rookie wide receivers fell for a prank that had them worried astir a large bill.
As portion of a contented communal successful NFL locker rooms crossed nan league, Isaac TeSlaa and Dominic Lovett had to dainty nan seasoned Lions receivers to a repast during their rookie dinner. As posted connected societal media by Lovett and Meeks, nan location was Detroit’s celebrated steakhouse Sexy Steak, and erstwhile it was clip for nan bill, nan trio of rookies was taken aback.
“Well, we sewage our nutrient aliases whatever, and past evidently Saint’s (Amon-Ra St. Brown) ordering immoderate he wants, asking nan server what’s nan astir costly point you got,” TeSlaa recalled. “And truthful past they bring retired nan bill, and it says $41,000. And me, Dom, and Meeks are looking astir astatine each different like, ‘How are we going to screen this? We’re going to person to telephone our in installments paper companies and fto them cognize there’s going to beryllium this immense charge.’
“And truthful they return our cards, and we’re conscionable sitting location sweating, going for illustration this. Then they bring it back. It’s only for illustration $4,000, truthful it wasn’t that bad astatine all. So St. Brown pulled nan prank connected us.”
St. Brown decidedly pulled disconnected a bully one.
Although nan prank made TeSlaa interest astatine first, what stood retired astir was nan beardown enslaved among nan players. It reminded him really overmuch he values being portion of his hometown team.
TeSlaa, who grew up successful Hudsonville and was picked by nan Lions successful nan 3rd information past year, said moments for illustration that meal show really his dream is now becoming real.
“I was conscionable benignant of sitting backmost (at nan dinner), and I utilized to idolize everyone that I’m sitting astatine nan array with, which is crazy,” TeSlaa said.
“But arsenic I’m going retired to practice, it’s not for illustration I’m reasoning like, ‘Oh (expletive), these are nan guys I’ve been watching my full life. This is simply a dream travel true.’ It’s conscionable go a reality for me, and it’s been really cool to beryllium a portion of it.”
TeSlaa ended nan play pinch 239 receiving yards and six touchdowns, scoring 4 of them successful nan Lions’ past six games.
The rookie receiver said it took him clip to consciousness comfortable and his play toward nan extremity of nan play was a consequence of him uncovering his groove successful nan Lions offense.
“I retrieve coming successful and being really tense for campy and everything. I felt a batch of unit and played a spot uptight astatine first,” TeSlaa said. “But arsenic nan play went connected and I gained assurance successful myself and from those astir me, I was capable to relax and play better.”
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