The Detroit Lions became a force towards the end of the 2022 season, winning eight of their final 10 games and for wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, who finished his second year with a Pro Bowl nod, the goal for next season is clear: playoffs. 

St. Brown, a fourth round pick out of USC in 2021, told the Detroit Free Press last week that the Lions’ performance late last season created a reputation that they were now the team to beat – a reputation that comes with mixed emotions. 

"I talk to other players, they told me like, ‘Man, you guys were rolling towards the end. We did not want to play you in the playoffs,’" St. Brown told the outlet. 

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"So teams know now. We’re not no walk-over team now. I think that’s just going to make it tougher for us this season, but it’s just going to make it more fun because I feel like teams sometimes in the past, my rookie year, they’d come into our stadium thinking it was just going to be an easy game for them they’re going to go win. And maybe that was the case, maybe it wasn’t."

He continued, "But I feel like moving forward for us, we got to know that teams are going to be on their A-game when they play us, so we’ll be ready for it."

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St. Brown was selected to his first Pro Bowl last season as an alternate after hauling in 106 receptions for 1,161 yards for six touchdowns. He also broke the franchise record for the youngest receiver with a 1,000 yard season in December, topping the record previously set by Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson. 

"I feel like for me, like moving forward, obviously I have my personal goals but what I really want to do this year is I just, I know we won a few games last year, we finished pretty strong, but man, I want to go to the playoffs bad," St. Brown said. 

"I feel like Detroit as a city, they want it so bad. I feel like as a team we want it bad. I feel like we got the guys to do it, so I’m just excited to start winning games consistently, week in and week out."

The Lions finished 9-8 for the franchise’s first winning record since 2017. They have addressed some of their defensive needs in the offseason and bolstered up their offense with the signing of former wideout Marvin Jones. 

Even Jones, who played for the team from 2016 to 2020, has noticed a change. 

"I played against this team — it’s different," Jones said earlier this month. "The organization is different in terms of the culture and things like that. That was intriguing."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A former Navy non-commissioned officer is the subject of a Justice Department investigation into her role in helping spread classified documents recently leaked online.

Sarah Bils, a 37-year-old former aviation electronics technician 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy, is allegedly behind the pro-Russian "Donbass Devushka" social media account that helped classified documents originally leaked by Massachusetts Air Guardsman Jack Teixeira reach a wider audience, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal Sunday.

Donbass Devushka, which translates as Donbas Girl, is a series of social media accounts popular on Telegram, Twitter and YouTube that pushed a pro-Kremlin view for an English-speaking audience. Despite presenting itself as being a single Russian blogger, the accounts are run by multiple administrators, including Bils.

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The social media accounts and Bils role is now the subject of a Justice Department investigation, according to a report from USNI News Monday.

Bils last served at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island before leaving the service late last year. She reached the grade of E-7, or chief petty officer, during her time in service, but left the military as an E-5. It is unclear why the former sailor was demoted.

The U.S. Navy did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.

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Classified documents allegedly posted to the internet by Teixeira had gone relatively unnoticed until they were picked up by the Donbass Devushka social media account, which boasts a much larger following than the invite-only Discord server that was run by the Massachusetts Guardsman.

From there, the documents were picked up by several large Russian social-media accounts, spurring the Pentagon investigation into the leaks.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Bils, who had access to classified material in her capacity in the Navy, claimed that the documents were posted to the Donbass Devushka by another administrator and later deleted by her.

"I obviously know the gravity of top-secret classified materials. We didn’t leak them," she told the outlet.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a review of intelligence access and procedures in response to the leaks 

Bils is originally from New Jersey and currently lives in Washington State. She joined the Navy in 2009 and completed "A" school at Naval Aviation Technical Training Center in Pensacola, Florida, and first reported to Fleet Readiness Center Northwest, Whidbey Island in 2011. 

Her awards include two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, four Good Conduct Medals and the National Defense Service Medal, according to USNI News.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment.