Calvin Has Officially Retired

[cheeno]

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4153/calvin-johnson

Sources say he may pull a Barry. Likely he'll be back for next year but a long term restructure may be out of the question.

 

[Monster]

Barry 2.0

 

[cheeno]

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/4153/calvin-johnson

Confirmed by his own statement

 

[dubbsco]

I feel so bad for the guy. So good in college so he gets drafted by a garbage organization and suffers.

 

[dubbsco]

And the Stafford slappies will have their mettle tested next year about whether or not he's truly a good QB if Calvin isn't around.

 

[johnny2x2x]

If he retires, do we get out from under his cap hit completely?

 

[cheeno]

If he retires, do we get out from under his cap hit completely?

In most cases, if a player retires, the remaining signing bonus that has not been included in salary ?accelerates? and is included in that year?s team salary. Thus, the team will take an immediate salary cap hit of the remaining signing bonus.

 

[tomdalton22]

Get out while you still have your health and you made a ton of dough. Good for him!

 

[grandy]

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/detroit-lions/calvin-johnson/

I'm fairly certain retirement works the same as cutting a player.

CJ is a $24MM cap hit if he plays in 2016 (and whatever else beyond 2016 as long as he plays)
~$13MM cap hit in 2016 if he retires (and nothing past 2016)

None of his salary in 2018 and 2019 is guaranteed

 

[Mitchrapp]

Injuries and all still looks like a top WR. Certainly wouldn't begrudge him if he retired but I sure hope he doesn't.

 

[dubbsco]

If you put the pieces together, I think he's done. The "I love Detroit" comment, taking the ball off the field, etc...

 

[tomdalton22]

I feel so bad for the guy. So good in college so he gets drafted by a garbage organization and suffers.

He has earned over $113M from the Lions...I wouldn't say he is suffering!

 

[grandy]

Slightly unrelated

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/2016/cap-hit/

The Lions currently have two players in the top 8 individual cap hits for 2016. CJ at $24MM and Stafford at $22.5MM...$46.5MM wrapped up in two players. A nice challenge for the new GM.

 

[dubbsco]

Money wise, no I don't feel bad for him. But some of these guys truly want to win, and I think Calvin was one of those.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Slightly unrelated

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/2016/cap-hit/

The Lions currently have two players in the top 8 individual cap hits for 2016. CJ at $24MM and Stafford at $22.5MM...$46.5MM wrapped up in two players. A nice challenge for the new GM.

Year earlier we had 3. Getting better?

 

[Mitchrapp]

Maybe he waits to find out of Caldwell stays or is gone.

 

[cheeno]

Year earlier we had 3. Getting better?

Suh

 

[Mitchrapp]

The worse I saw on that list, RG3 - over 16m.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Suh

Yes, I know. That's why I made that comment. I'm not just a pretty face :nod:

 

[grandy]

The Lions handed him a shit ton of money to stick around, no home town discount. If he really wanted to win, he wouldn't have re-signed with this dumpster fire of an organization. He could've taken less and gone to any winning organization.