EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — He started the season as a blocking tight end and was elevated to the No. 1 role out of necessity after the T.J. Hockenson trade.
He had 25 catches in 23 career games entering Sunday, and when Jared Goff looked his way on the first play of the biggest series of the Detroit Lions’ season, he let a pass slip through his hands.
But with their playoff hopes on the line after another here-we-go-again moment, the Lions called Brock Wright’s number again, and the big tight end delivered in a deliriously unexpected way.