Well, we knew this was coming.
On Friday night, Detroit Lions legend Calvin Johnson was presented with his Gold Jacket as he prepares to be formally inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Sunday.
On Saturday morning, the Lions took to Twitter to tweet out some photos of Johnson with his Gold Jacket and within a matter of seconds, fans began bashing the team for not paying back the money they took from Calvin when he retired. There were also a few who bashed Johnson for quitting on the team.
Here is the tweet by the Lions.
Gold is your color, @calvinjohnsonjr 🌟@ProFootballHOF pic.twitter.com/5k1RGD7tzu
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) August 7, 2021
Here are some of the responses. (Note: this was posted not long after the tweet and there are plenty more reactions since then.)
https://twitter.com/SyrePog/status/1424000847856508937
https://twitter.com/namneerg_kcaj/status/1424000555060432899
Pay that man and stop embarrassing us, FUCK! We love you Calvin and always will! #OnePride
— Big Boom💰〽️ (@MichNasty86) August 7, 2021
I thought it was the hall of fame not the hall of quitters smh
— Chris Bigliardi (@ChrisBigliardi) August 7, 2021
Congrats to Calvin on the gold jacket. Maybe he can go sell it if he’s hard up for money after quitting on a $132m contract.
— Justine (@LarimerJustine) August 7, 2021
Now fix your relationship with him
— CADETROIT SZN (@WetroitWistons) August 7, 2021
https://twitter.com/DadBot14188925/status/1424004717886296064?s=20
Pay him his money so we can celebrate him correctly!! THAT MAN DESERVES IT!!!
— me (@ksea43) August 7, 2021
The Social Media intern reading all of these “fix the relationship” tweets: pic.twitter.com/kK0FqCGkRS
— Cubbie (@cubbie17) August 7, 2021
Congrats Calvin! Hoping @RodWood_Lions can settle this dispute and bring #Megatron back home. This is silly.
— Henry Savage (@thehenrysavage) August 7, 2021
