Comments on: Calvin Johnson gets 7 years, $132 million, $60 million guaranteed

By: thousandcasts

thousandcasts — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:48:10 +0000

Uh…for the people who say he’s “just a receiver,” you do realize that basically the entire offense runs through him and what defenses have to do to adjust to him, right?

By: ahs2

ahs2 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:22:36 +0000

thraiderskin says:
Mar 14, 2012 12:18 PM
This is one of the most insane deals I have ever seen. He is a wide-out… he touches the ball 10% or less..
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Yeah and his 16 TDs represented nearly 25% of the teams points this year…and he had like 4/5 games without a TD!!!

By: achamarro1

achamarro1 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:08:53 +0000

Matt stafford is 24. He put up numbers in his third year contractwise but really only 1 3/4 worth of a season. Drew breed is over thirty and didn’t have a third season near his……come on man

By: funktron2x

funktron2x — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:35:19 +0000

To everyone saying Calvin makes Stafford look so good, that isn’t nearly the whole story. he was a 75-1100-10 TD wr on average without Stafford, but a 95-1600-16 with him. It takes two to tango. And they’ll have a chance at greatness. Possibly the best arm in the game to one of the top 2 WRs in the game (respect to Larry Fitz, whom i hope gets Manning to throw to him and let him achieve his usual greatness).

By: davidjcu

davidjcu — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:25:13 +0000

Is it just me or are the 3 very best receivers in the league right now also the 3 most humble, team player mentality, super work ethic types that teams drool over.

By: mediasloppy

mediasloppy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:52:19 +0000

I don’t understand how the Salary Cap works. If you’re guaranteed 60 million is that 60 million counted toward the 2012 cap space?

By: cwroses1983

cwroses1983 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:08:01 +0000

u have to pay him, he is so good its not even funny. he is by far the best athlete ever to play the game

By: dvdman123

dvdman123 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:36:33 +0000

The NFL owners will never learn.

By: charlutes

charlutes — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:33:39 +0000

So Saints management, does this mean Calvin Johnson is far more valuable than Drew Brees?

A pretty rediculous notion considering Brees makes the Saints a superbowl contender every year while the Lions can’t win a playoff game with C.J. playing extremely well.

I nominate the Saints GM as idiot of 2012 so far. Sorry Rex Ryan you had a great run.

By: essentialsausage

essentialsausage — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:33:04 +0000

As a Lions fan, this makes me very, VERY happy!

By: patriotinvasion

patriotinvasion — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:29:37 +0000

The Lions FINALLY hit on a top 10 WR. Only took like 5 tries! Good for him though, and for the Lions. I like seeing traditionally bad teams get good. It’s good for the league.

By: dachozen1

dachozen1 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:28:54 +0000

If theyre paying receivers quarterback money, then I am curious to know how knew QB contracts look. If I’m a top 5 QB I’d ask for $250 million. Receivers paid like QB’s and QB’s will be paid like baseball players. Hard to build a team around 2 or 3 massive contracts in the NFL. Suh and Stafford will be next.

By: rowhe

rowhe — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:28:13 +0000

This also opened up 9 mil in cap space this year. Its a great deal for the lions and megatron

By: stevenreichert

stevenreichert — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:21:36 +0000

Cha Ching! That’s over $18 million a season, $1.178 million a game, and $196,428 for each catch (based on 6 catches a game).

By: blaz0037

blaz0037 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:20:41 +0000

Every year (excluding last year) he has had a bad back that has kept him out of games or rendered him a mere decoy.

Detroit better hope THAT guy doesn’t show up again.

By: londonfletcher

londonfletcher — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:20:18 +0000

Good for him. Good guy on and off the field.

Think about it though… Not knocking the Lions or Stafford, but could you imagine if somebody like Brees was throwing to this guy??

By: thraiderskin

thraiderskin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:18:46 +0000

This is one of the most insane deals I have ever seen. He is a wide-out… he touches the ball 10% or less on just the offensive side of the ball. I would be excited as a Lion’s fan because you have a great great receiver for the next 5-7 years, but as a football fan, this is a huge joke… and I’m a Raider/Redskin fan. Wide-outs don’t win championships, Defense and QBs do.

By: bucwild05

bucwild05 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:03:54 +0000

I remember when he got drafted. I remember it so well, because as a Bucs fan, and knowing the need at WR that year, we picked right after the Lions, and remember how PO’d I was when the Lions took him. Amazing contract Numbers… He deserves it.

By: ttommytom

ttommytom — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:01:37 +0000

I wonder if JaMarcus has him on speed dial for when JaMarcus runs out of money.

By: xtutx

xtutx — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:01:07 +0000

Whoever your team is, you don’t want to hear your teams name the first several days of FA. It only means you way over paid. I’m not sure how a WR can be worth more the 10 mil per season.

By: restwest

restwest — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:59:43 +0000

Dude is the best reciever in the NFL. Only close to him are Fitz and Andre Johnson. Andre was down last year and Fitz had no help.

Hopefully he keeps it up. Lions got this one right

By: bringbacktheflex

bringbacktheflex — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:59:10 +0000

Awesome! The Lions will now become irrelevent for years as they watch Johnson mail in his performance with no option to replace him.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:57:48 +0000

trollhammer20 says:
Mar 14, 2012 11:23 AM
Somewhere, Wes Welker is watching the contract WRs are signing, and he’s rubbing his hands and cackling.
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Please tell me you’re joking.

Welker puts up gaudy numbers in a very specific offense.

No one in the league, and I mean no one, would put Welker’s market value anywhere NEAR Johnson’s. Or even Vincent Jackson’s for that matter.

His market value would be much closer to what Marques Colston got- 5 years for 40.

You can’t just look at stats in a vacuum. Believe me, when Welker hits the market next year, AT AGE 33, general managers around the league won’t.

By: philliesblow

philliesblow — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:57:34 +0000

Love Calvin, but that is a lot of cap space to a player not involved in every play. If Stafford is a great QB, he should be able to make average receivers into stars. Once Stafford gets paid in a another year there won’t be any money left for the rest of the team, especially Suh.

By: bergencountyjc

bergencountyjc — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:57:26 +0000

Now that you got paid, please do the exact opposite of Haynesworth!

By: thetruth1313

thetruth1313 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:55:42 +0000

Cris Carter thinks Calvin was overpaid 5-fold

By: trefkennedy

trefkennedy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:50:49 +0000

Megatron gonna be the 1st wide receiver, to get 2000 receiving yards, watch

By: hugejazz

hugejazz — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:39:54 +0000

Hard to fathom that kind of money. He’s a heck of a player. Possibly the best in the game right now. But the only 2 outcomes that matter to make this kind of investment on one player successful is 1) will he bring a Superbowl championship to the Lions and 2) will he make the Lions money. The reality is the second criteria is by far the most important to the Lions organization, or any organization. Anything less and the Lions overpaid.

By: mtheparrothead

mtheparrothead — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:39:35 +0000

Even Matt millen could’ve gotten this one right.

By: mwm367

mwm367 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:39:21 +0000

OK Lions fans, be prepared to pay more for your tickets. You know it’s coming.