Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson gets inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday night. One of the most dominant wideouts in the NFL during his eight-year tenure with the Lions, Johnson twice led the league in receiving yards and was selected first-team All-Pro three times.

While Detroit often struggled to field a contender despite the contributions of Megatron, it was his and the team's divergent performances in 2012 that may have been the most glaring example of how the team wasted his talent.

Playing all 16 games in the regular season, Johnson put up an astounding stat line of 122 catches for 1,964 yards and five touchdowns. Regardless of their wide receiver's historic performance, the Lions were still unable to capitalize on the production and stumbled to a measly 4-12 record on the year.

The team's inability to succeed ultimately played a large part in Calvin Johnson's decision three years later to retire from the NFL at the age of 30.

“They're blowing up the team. My body is aching. I don't have my range of motion like I use to” Johnson reflected recently on ALL THE SMOKE Gridiron on his thought process regarding retirement. “I just don't feel it. I just don't have the love for it because I was just always hurting. I just don't have it.”

While Calvin Johnson has expressed little doubt over his decision to retire from the league so early in his career, there had been questions about what effect it might have over his potential Hall-of-Fame candidacy. With the election board usually giving preferential treatment to those players who had long careers, Johnson's dominance in the eight years he was in the league proved too difficult to ignore regardless of the length.

Though his NFL journey may not have played out entirely the way he would have imagined, Calvin Johnson will still have a bust in Canton.