Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson is officially a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, having been inducted as a first-ballot player and becoming only the third wideout given the honor in the past 25 years. But don’t expect him to take all of the credit. During an interview with NFL Network … Read more
The Detroit Lions have had a long-running history of prolific offensive players. When the Lions do have a great offense, it is a very beautiful sight to see. Many who grace this list were not lucky enough to win a championship. However, that doesn’t take away from their individual accomplishments. Here are the top 5 … Read more
It’s official. Detroit Lions legend Calvin Johnson is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, despite only playing in the NFL for nine seasons. Though Johnson retired when most believed he still had some gas left in the tank, it had nothing to do with Lions fans or his love for the city of Detroit. Here is … Read more
Anyone who watched Calvin Johnson play throughout his career with the Detroit Lions knows that he is arguably the greatest wide receiver to ever play the game. The plays that Calvin made on a routine basis made it look like he was playing against high school defenders. On Saturday, Johnson was elected into the Pro … Read more
On Saturday night, Detroit Lions‘ legend Calvin Johnson was officially elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Ever since Calvin retired, he has been on bad terms with the Lions due to them making him pay back around $1 million of his signing bonus. Johnson has said that he would not have anything to … Read more
On Saturday night, former Detroit Lions great Calvin Johnson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Following the news, Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp released a statement in which she congratulated Johnson for his amazing accomplishment. Statement from #Lions Principal Owner and Chairman Sheila Ford Hamp on @calvinjohnsonjr being named a first-ballot inductee … Read more
In case you have not heard yet, Detroit Lions legend Calvin Johnson is officially a first-ballot Hall of Famer. The news was announced on Saturday night and Johnson is part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Moments after the news broke, Lions’ owner Sheila Ford Hamp released the following statement to … Read more
Calvin Johnson is a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer! The announcement was made on Saturday night and now a video has emerged showing the moment that Johnson found out he was in the Hall of Fame. Megatron gets the MEGA visit from David Baker. Calvin Johnson is now a member of the Pro Football … Read more
On Saturday night, we learned that the great Calvin Johnson was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Johnson became just the 7th wide receiver in NFL history to be a first-ballot HOF selection and he is just the 2nd player in Lions history to do so. Following the news, the Detroit Lions dropped … Read more
The votes are in and we now know whether or not former Detroit Lions great Calvin Johnson has been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Johnson has been elected into the Class of 2021!!! BREAKING: @calvinjohnsonjr has been elected to the Class of 2021!#PFHOF21 | … Read more
It’s no secret that the relationship between Calvin Johnson and the Detroit Lions haven’t exactly been rosy since the future Hall of Fame WR decided to hang up his cleats in 2016. The two have not been able to make amends after the team requested that Johnson pay back a portion of his signing bonus, … Read more
The Detroit Lions made the decision to part ways with quarterback Matthew Stafford earlier in the week, dealing him to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for Jared Goff and draft picks. It marks the third occasion that a franchise player won’t play out the rest of his career with the Lions, following Barry Sanders … Read more
As Detroit Lions fans, we have not been able to see many winning seasons from our football team. That being said, we have been blessed to seem some great individual players along the way. Two of those players include Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson. Let’s take a look at each of the 56 total touchdown … Read more
UPDATE: Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press has now jumped on board saying the Lions could be making a “significant” addition to their front office in the next week to help out Brad Holmes. FROM SATURDAY: If you happen to follow Matt Dery on Twitter, he caught our attention earlier this afternoon by tweeting … Read more
It’s no secret that the relationship between the Deroit Lions and former Pro Bowl wide receiver Calvin Johnson isn’t exactly on the best of terms right now. Following his retirement in 2015, he was asked by the team to repay $1.6 million of his $3.2 million signing bonus signing bonus he received in the past. … Read more
When the Detroit Lions selected Matthew Stafford with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, you can bet they hoped he would eventually lead the team to the franchise’s first Super Bowl in franchise history. Well, here we are in 2021 and Stafford does not even have a playoff win under his … Read more
