Megatron retiring

[tarheelbybirth]

What a waste that this guy spent his career in Detroit.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14927247/calvin-johnson-detroit-lions-retiring-nfl-nine-seasons

 

[cigaretteman]

I knew he was threatening to do this earlier. Kind of reminiscent of Barry Sanders.

 

[IACub]

What a waste that this guy spent his career in Detroit.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14927247/calvin-johnson-detroit-lions-retiring-nfl-nine-seasons

At some point he kind of brought failure upon himself. When you make so much money that your teammates have to take pay cuts to keep you around, you're almost guaranteed to be surrounded by mediocre talent.

It'll be interesting to see how Stafford looks when he can't just hurl a ball deep left and have Megatron automatically haul it in.

 

[QChawks]

Good move. He's made plenty of money to live happily. No need to play until you are in a wheelchair.

 

[Raglefant]

How long would he have to be out before he can come back and sign with the Patriots?

 

[Derekd3408]

How long would he have to be out before he can come back and sign with the Patriots?

4 years I believe. Its not happening.

 

[Pepperman]

What a waste that this guy spent his career in Detroit.

Of course, Detroit was behind a lot. I think somebody wrote an article that tried to (or maybe did) debunk this myth, but a lot of people think he was the beneficiary of a lot of garbage time TDs.

 

[theIowaHawk]

He was incredible, hope he does good things with his life.

 

[Honda Hawk]

makes the fantasy draft a little easier now.

 

[ANYCHawk]

When you get a generational talent to retire at age 30, it's one thing. When you do it twice in 20 years...well that's a special level of suck that leaves even the Cubs saying "really?"

1 playoff win in 60 years. One.

Next fewest is the Texans with 2 and Jags and Bengals at 5. Sometimes I really hate where I was born.

 

[The_Joker13]

At some point he kind of brought failure upon himself. When you make so much money that your teammates have to take pay cuts to keep you around, you're almost guaranteed to be surrounded by mediocre talent.

It'll be interesting to see how Stafford looks when he can't just hurl a ball deep left and have Megatron automatically haul it in.

Yea but, I mean the Lions had some seriously loaded teams that just did not go anywhere. And Stafford habitually getting injured didn't help either. He should have left Detroit the first chance he got, but it was not because he was getting paid that caused the Lions to underachieve. Lions gonna Lion.