Calvin Johnson retires per A.Shefter

[Riverboat Ron]

1 minute ago, NcPsa10 said:

That is indeed what happened, and if he comes back he will still be a Detroit

Yeah, just a travesty all around. Guy gets drafted high to a bad team and gives it a face, gets paid mega bucks on his second contract, team doesn't do any better than two playoff appearances. Believe me, Megatron is not an innocent party that didn't get underpaid but as a player you just get tired of scrapping success and struggling to build on it. 

 

It's almost like a rinse and repeat of Barry Sanders, a guy who's not an attention seeker having massive success on a team that had struggled for years. Both make the playoffs a couple times but never get far. In the end the front office starts making moves that seem to be counterproductive to building a championship team within 3-4 years and expect you to smile and be the face of Detroit while knowing you'll never get to the Super Bowl. 

 

I'm guessing the compensation Quinn was asking for was either too high or non-existent. Rather than just release him and do the positive thing he decides to retain Johnson's rights hoping Johnson changes his mind.

[Mr. Scot]

And yet the annual ritual of someone predicting that this is finally the year the Lions become great will still go on.

Don't blame him at all, honestly. Lots of players would tell you that being stuck in a losing organization really wears on you over time

[Snake]

I will never understand why he resigned with Detroit. Yea they would have tagged him but then he would have been free. 

[KB_fan]

No surprise, but what a classy tweet from Peanut.  (Peanut is so amazing.... hope he stays tied to the Panthers somehow...!)

 

[SwagAces9030]

3 hours ago, OneBadCat said:

Unretires and becomes Panther to team with KB, Funchess and Olsen. Winz 4 straight superbowls.

If he un-retires the Lions have the rights to him still.

[SZ James (banned)]

4 hours ago, The Huddler said:

He's not HOF

 

HOF players dedicate their life to the game and dominate for a really, really long time. He hasn't...   He doesn't have the heart and desire for the game

^Look at this clown