Calvin Has Officially Retired

[inkfreq]

Its' extremely uncommon for a team to go after prorated signing bonus money when one of it's superstars retires early, especially when on the field injuries are involved.

Rod Wood made a business call that was, in my opinion, based on both inexperience in the game and a salary cap issue.

I think Calvin took it as a knock on him... like he's not worthy of being a superstar, or "on that level".

If you want him back, you have to fix the slight. If you don't, tell him to fuck off in the media, and move on.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I assume Calvin is broke already like many former pro sports players.

 

[tigermud]

I assume Calvin is broke already like many former pro sports players.

hard to say, he's into the pot biz now
https://www.freep.com/story/news/marijuana/2019/02/21/calvin-johnson-marijuana-license/2937965002/


maybe the fords could contribute to this pot biz.

 

[Mitchrapp]

hard to say, he's into the pot biz now
https://www.freep.com/story/news/marijuana/2019/02/21/calvin-johnson-marijuana-license/2937965002/


maybe the fords could contribute to this pot biz.

He was denied the first time because of unpaid parking tickets and he flew there (Atlanta) probably with frequent flyers and probably just signed some autographs, maybe a photo - to get the tickets paid.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://sidelionreport.com/2019/06/05/detroit-lions-cut-calvin-johnson/
Would the Detroit Lions have cut receiver Calvin Johnson?
SLR

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...backs-calvin-johnson-dispute-team/1371916001/
'The Lions' fault': Nate Burleson backs Calvin Johnson in dispute with team.
Detnews

 

[mhughes0021]

F Calvin. Im on the tank for Jeudy train boys! 1:45 min and 2:50 min marks are insane.
https://youtu.be/6P4-AAbExj8

 

[brewer229]

F Calvin. Im on the tank for Jeudy train boys! 1:45 min and 2:50 min marks are insane.
https://youtu.be/6P4-AAbExj8

Some nice throws in there too....

 

[503]

Sadly...Calvin would still easily be the #1 WR for Det. Pay him the 1m and let him enter to HOF as a Lion. The money doesn’t hurt cap space.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...ders-calvin-johnson-money-dispute/1573546001/
Barry Sanders weighs in on Calvin Johnson's money dispute with Detroit Lions.
Freep

 

[kalinecountry]

Megatron was uncoverable in Detroit.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-LLf9QWwAAglTL.jpg

 

[kalinecountry]

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019...e=smg&utm_medium=wasabi&utm_content=home-hero
Watch: All 56 TD passes from Matthew Stafford to Calvin Johnson.
LionsWire

 

[kalinecountry]

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019...tm_medium=wasabi&utm_content=home-latest-news
Calvin Johnson tabbed as Draft Wire's best-ever prospect.
LionsWire

https://draftwire.usatoday.com/gall...ts-saquon-barkley-calvin-johnson-andrew-luck/
The best NFL draft prospects I've ever scouted.
DraftWire

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/09/20/c...mmqb&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
Calvin Johnson Doesn?t Regret a Thing.
MMQB/SI

 

[turok]

Johnson is trending on Twitter today.

https://twitter.com/search?q="Calvin Johnson"&src=trend_click

Lions release statement in response to Calvin's blasting the franchise as being incompetent:

https://detroitsportsnation.com/jus...apowell/detroit-lions-news/09/20/2019/209193/

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Johnson is trending on Twitter today.

https://twitter.com/search?q="Calvin Johnson"&src=trend_click

Lions release statement in response to Calvin's blasting the franchise as being incompetent:

https://detroitsportsnation.com/jus...apowell/detroit-lions-news/09/20/2019/209193/

Here's my take......he's bitter. Calvin knows how great he was. There has probably not been a more physically gifted WR EVER. Jerry Rice WISHES he could have had CJ's tools. But, his teams WERE terrible and the organization he played for was lost, incompetent, bad, misguided......any word you'd like to use. I think he's bitter he didn't win a Super Bowl......and I'm OK with that. Great players of any position SHOULD be mad if they didn't get that chance. You don't think Marino dies a little each time someone reminds him that Jeff Hostetler, Mark Rypen, Doug Williams and Joe Flacco have Super Bowl titles......or that fucking Eli Manning has TWO!!!! Fuck yes he does.

What I don't like is his immature attitude toward the organization NOW. Calvin could have left after his rookie contract. NOBODY on this planet made him re-sign here. So his sob story only carries so much weight with me. I dont have any sympathy for guys who sit there and bitch about what a terrible person their wife is....fat, stupid, cheating.....and continue to stay with them. If you're too much of a pussy to leave, that's on you. CJ should stop being such a baby about it. His CHOICE was to play here after his rookie deal. Own up to that.

 

[mhughes0021]

The lions were incompetent almost the entire time he was here...nothing hes saying is wrong so i cant fault him for it. Millen then Mayhew!? lol...what a fucking joke of a franchise when those are the 2 running your team for a decade.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2019...es-detroit-lions-sports-illustrated-interview
Calvin Johnson blasts former Detroit Lions coaches, medical staff.
Calvin Johnson?s time with the Lions clearly wasn?t very harmonious.
POD

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019...ling-claims-about-teams-former-medical-staff/
Calvin Johnson and Travis Swanson make troubling claims about team?s former medical staff.
LionsWire

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ted-me-change-my-story-concussion/2386118001/
Calvin Johnson says Lions 'wanted me to change my story' about concussion.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...-lions-concussions-brain-injuries/2385684001/
Calvin Johnson: Detroit Lions 'wanted me to change my story' about suffering concussions.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/09/detroit-lions-issue-statement-after-calvin-johnson-story.html
Detroit Lions issue statement after Calvin Johnson story.
Mlive

https://sidelionreport.com/2019/09/20/detroit-lions-calvin-johnson-hall-fame-eventually/
Detroit Lions: Calvin Johnson expects to get into Hall of Fame ? eventually.
SLR

 

[boogerlovejoy]

The lions were incompetent almost the entire time he was here...nothing hes saying is wrong so i cant fault him for it. Millen then Mayhew!? lol...what a fucking joke of a franchise when those are the 2 running your team for a decade.

Cant fault him? HE RESIGNED!! That is ENTIRELY his "fault". He could have gone to any other team and gotten a massive payday. It's not the NBA.....there is no Larry Bird rule. He would have made just as much, if not more in a bigger market, than he did in Detroit.

Man up CJ.

 

[tomdalton22]

What I don't like is his immature attitude toward the organization NOW. Calvin could have left after his rookie contract. NOBODY on this planet made him re-sign here. So his sob story only carries so much weight with me. I dont have any sympathy for guys who sit there and bitch about what a terrible person their wife is....fat, stupid, cheating.....and continue to stay with them. If you're too much of a pussy to leave, that's on you. CJ should stop being such a baby about it. His CHOICE was to play here after his rookie deal. Own up to that.

They probably would have franchised him after his rookie contract ran out. He probably made a business decision to sign the $132M contract.