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There haven’t been too many positives to take away from the Detroit Lions in 2021, but the emergence of Amon-Ra St. Brown should have the fanbase feeling optimistic about the future. The rookie wideout is enjoying a tremendous season and managed to etch his name in Lions history on Sunday. Per Dave Birkett, St. Brown […]

10 years ago, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford had a front-row seat to watch a Hall of Fame wide receiver break an impressive record. In Week 18, he could see one standout wideout go on to shatter this exact record. Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson set the record for the most receiving yards […]

The Detroit Lions watched star wide receiver Calvin Johnson be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, and rightfully so. Megatron was the most dynamic wide receiver of his time and walked away from the game way before his time was done. Well, Johnson is back, this time in front of a ton of Detroit […]

Calvin Johnson is set to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame next month in Canton, Ohio. While he will give an 8-minute speech to thank various people for his terrific NFL career, the Detroit Lions won’t be one of them. It’s been five years now since Johnson abruptly retired from the game […]

December 30, 2012, marks the final snap that was played of Tim Tebow’s career, as he was on the field for a lone special teams snap as a member of the New York Jets. At that time, having wrapped up a tumultuous NFL career saw Tebow move on to other things in life, but football […]

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 […]

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf is closing in on a franchise legend, but he’s thinking even bigger. Megatron big. Entering Week 17, Metcalf is approaching Steve Largent’s Seahawks single-season receiving record. With 1,282 yards, the second-year wideout trails Largent’s mark by five yards. Largent racked up a career-high 79 receptions, six touchdowns, and a […]

Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has had a stellar career despite announcing his retirement after nine seasons in the league. In an appearance on the “All The Smoke” podcast with former NBA players Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes, Johnson revealed that he used to long to play for the Green Bay Packers during […]

The Detroit Lions, traditionally, have not exactly been known for fielding the finest rosters in their long existence, and they haven’t exactly been heralded for their shrewd front offices, either (see: Matt Millen). In fact, the Lions — one of football’s longest-running franchises — are not active traders, at all, no matter who’s in charge. […]

Not everyone in the National Football League goes on to play for many years. Some retirements happen to players when they’re still in their prime. With some of them, it’s because they wanted to go out on their own terms. Others were stuck in situations where they didn’t see too much success and fell out […]

Recently retired in 2017, Calvin Johnson opened up about hoping the Atlanta Falcons to trade up to snag him in the 2007 NFL Draft. Things didn’t go as planned as the Detroit Lions picked him second overall, behind Oakland quarterback JaMarcus Russell. The Falcons slid down to the 8th pick and selected defensive end Jamaal […]

The Detroit Lions don’t have a rich history in terms of wins and losses, but they still have some legends that changed the franchise forever. No coaches made the top five legends in franchise history, but one would have if we expanded it to six. Wayne Fontes, who was in charge of the Lions from […]

Calvin Johnson suited up for the Detroit Lions for all nine seasons of his NFL career. Named to six Pro Bowls and four All-Pro teams, the second overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft quickly established himself as one of the league’s best receivers. The 6-foot-5-inch wideout corralled 12 touchdown receptions—tied for the league-lead—in his […]

The Detroit Lions don’t have the proudest history in terms of winning games, but they have still had some very good draft picks that have made a large impact on the team. So, let’s break down the five best draft picks in Lions history. One interesting thing about all the best draft picks for Lions […]

Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen chimed in with his top five receivers after newly-acquired Buffalo Bills wideout Stefon Diggs asked his peers for their favorite receivers. Allen named Randy Moss, Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens, Calvin Johnson, and Larry Fitzgerald as his top five, a response that could hardly be argued by many. Moss, […]

JaMarcus Russell is one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history. The Oakland Raiders picked the LSU quarterback first overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. However, if it were up to Lane Kiffin, the Raiders head coach at the time, Oakland would have gone with Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson instead. According to […]

Calvin Johnson is easily one of the biggest what-ifs in the NFL over the past decade. A lot of fans will definitely argue that his career was cut short by the injuries he sustained and it was only aggravated by the mismanagement of the Detriot Lions. Given how terrible the team was in Johnson’s final […]

The war of words between the Detroit Lions and Calvin Johnson isn’t going to stop anytime soon. With neither side willing to budge out of their statements, fans can expect the standoff to last quite a while. Detroit released its latest statement on the situation in an attempt to bury the issue in the past […]

If what Calvin Johnson has claimed about the Detroit Lions is true, the team could be in a lot of trouble from the NFL. Johnson recently sat down for an interview with Sports Illustrated and talked about many things, including his concussion history. Johnson said he couldn’t count how many times he returned to a […]

Andrew Luck’s decision to leave football behind rocked the sports world to its core, but the Indianapolis Colts quarterback is hardly the only athlete who stepped away from the game they once loved at the peak of their powers. These are the 10 most shocking retirements in the history of sports. 10. Sandy Koufax The […]

Back when Calvin Johnson retired after the 2015 campaign, the Detroit Lions required him to return a portion of his signing bonus, which didn’t exactly sit well with Johnson and caused some bad blood. Lions president Rod Wood said earlier this offseason that he hopes the franchise can repair its damaged relationship with Johnson, but […]

The Atlanta Falcons had a visitor that’s sure to turn many heads. According to Falcons team reporter Kelsey Conway, Calvin Johnson is at Atlanta’s minicamp. Calvin Johnson is here for the Falcons last day of minicamp talking to owner Arthur Blank and head coach Dan Quinn pic.twitter.com/hn4WGRIikX — Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) June 13, 2019 Calvin […]

The Detroit Lions have made it clear that they would like to build back up the relationship with Calvin Johnson and the former star receiver has made his demands to get it to work, give him back his money. After the 2015 season, Johnson shocked a lot of people hanging up his cleats and the […]

Former Detroit Lions star receiver Calvin Johnson has kept a somewhat low profile since retiring. Johnson is indisputably one of the most talented receivers in NFL history, and most fans of the game were disappointed when he chose to walk away at the age of 30. He’s now resurfacing a bit to join the chorus […]

Since Calvin Johnson hung up the cleats after playing nine years with the Detroit Lions, the two sides haven’t had any contact, but team president Rod Wood would like to change that. Speaking at a “Taste of the Lions” event at Ford Field on Wednesday, Wood said that it was on the agenda to talk […]

In a shocking turn in the sports world, one of the NFL greats in tight end Rob Gronkowski retired at the age of 29. It’s something that some pundits expected with the many injuries that have plagued him throughout his professional career. Gronkowski wasn’t able to play a full season since 2011, while dealing with […]

Calvin Johnson shocked the football world by retiring at the age of 30. In an article published at The Players’ Tribune last year, the six-time Pro Bowler explained why he walked away from the game after nine NFL seasons. “I love football,” Johnson wrote. “But it became difficult to love the game as much when […]

Over the past few months, the one storyline dominating the headlines for the Pittsburgh Steelers involved the contract situation involving star running back Le’Veon Bell. The perennial Pro Bowler wasn’t budging on his contract demands, and neither did the Steelers brass in terms of how much they wanted to commit to the back. This has […]

Back in 2016, superstar wide receiver Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions sent shockwaves throughout the NFL. The elite receiver surprised everyone when he decided to call it a career at 30 years old. Johnson’s decision reminded the Lions faithful of Barry Sanders’ sudden retirement at 31 while he was still playing at a very […]

Nearly eight years ago, former Detriot Lions star wide receiver Calvin Johnson was involved in a controversial play that led to the NFL enacting a catch rule that jumbled up the definition of what a reception truly is. The league has finally brought such much-needed clarity to the rule by simplifying the rule earlier this […]

It’s been a couple of years now since Calvin Johnson surprisingly retired from the NFL at just 30 years of age. And according to the former Detriot Lions great himself, he’s going to stay retired. Megatron told Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press that even if he still wanted to play, his body won’t […]

Since his retirement from the NFL nearly two years ago, there hasn’t been a strong relationship between former star wide receiver Calvin Johnson and Detroit Lions. Much of this has dealt with his decision to step away from the game while still playing at an elite level that caused the team to not necessarily treat […]

Poor Calvin Johnson. He’s been retired for some time now, claims he wants to stay retired, but people just won’t let Megatron be. According to a report by ESPN, teams across the National Football League have reached out to the Detroit Lions about potentially trading for the rights of the retired receiver. Did we mention […]

It’s almost been a year since the great Calvin Johnson hung up his cleats at the relatively young age (football-wise) of 30. He gave everything he had to the Detroit Lions organization for nine years, but the toll on his body was too great to continue. During those nine years, Johnson dominated the rest of […]

Aqib Talib is known for his creative trash talk and pesky nature, on top of being one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL. But, on this occasion, he has nothing but praise for an upcoming opponent. With the Denver Broncos set to take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this weekend, Talib compared wide receiver […]