Calvin Johnson opens up on Detroit Lions drama, Matthew Stafford, cannabis | Richard Sherman Podcast 

NO WE DON'T LOVE THIS CRY BABY. Going around and bad mouthing the lions for money he didn't earn. CRY BABY !!!!

Humble giants. Real recognize real.

Megatron torn up Sherman! He couldn't stop Megatron, nor slow him down. Sherman wished he's Good, he's all mouth!

Same bro. They realize its a small fraternity of them and its easier to work together than against each other.

Contrary to popular belief, Sherman always respected Megatron and never spoke trash to each other. Hell, Sherman asked Megatron for his jersey after the DET-SEA game in 2015.

WELL SAID .>🎤 🏈

It’s called a podcast homie. When done properly, it flows organically.

Every time I watched him play i was in awe

There hasn’t been a receiver since who dominated like Calvin did. He was otherworldly. Closest player since is maybe DHop with double and triple coverage. Devante the best overall since Calvin.

Facts used to go to the GB game when I was younger man I've never heard a crowd so loud for a losing team with so many dogs on it. DETROIT VS ERRBODY.

Only one u can compare him 2 is moss those two were the most dominant wide outs in league history

If he’s the only example it can just be him whining. But no lions did that with sanders too. Why not trade him for multiple picks. What if they trade sanders and it became the second Hershel trade.

@@alginvestmentllc7638 Why tf would a team with no weapons trade the most dominant receiver in the history of the sport for the potential chance of finding more good players in the future???

I don’t blame megatron for staying away from the team. They demanded that repayment because they were mad and I get why they were mad at his sudden retirement. But at the same time when you demand an amount like $1.6M as an owner with a net worth of $1B+ that money is so little in your world it was obviously demanded in spite more than being demanded because it was a large amount of money that made sense to demand being paid back to the team. It kinda says a lot about the teams culture and why they’ve never won anything despite having one of the greatest RB ever, WR ever, and having a great QB like a Stafford for so long. It’s striking to see a guy leave the team and explode in numbers and win a Super Bowl immediately after leaving the team. It’s telling if the culture of the franchise when two of the greatest players to ever play chose to leave the league early and in their prime rather than continue playing for the team. Consider that Gronk told the patriots that if they were going to trade him there then he was going to retire rather than play for that team. It says a lot that players would rather leave the game than continue playing, and making millions, if they have to play for this team. It’s telling that two do their best players ever had major riffs with the team to where they wouldn’t do anything with the team. Eventually they mended things with Barry. It’s also wild that they’d pay megatron his bonus back but only if he did a job for them to earn it back. It shows they don’t understand that it isn’t actually about the money but the respect or lack of it felt by megatron because of them demanding the money be repaid and then expecting him to do a job to get that money back from them. Compare how the lions handled his retirement versus how the colts handled things when Luck retired. The Colts could have made Luck repay them over $24M between his signing bonus and roster bonus when he left the team. Consider also back when Luck retired it was literally right before the season. He actually fucked them over a bit for doing it when he did. Calvin retired a month before the Draft. They had the Draft and an entire off-season to move on from megatron. Lucks money was actually an amount of money that if the team demanded being repaid could be seen as being more than petty. Even that sum for an owner like an Irsay who is worth $3.9B doesn’t need that money but at least the amount is substantial enough to make some sense. Or consider that most teams don’t make players repay but the lions did. Or how they sued Barry Sanders to get some of his back. The Lions are a clown organization in how they’ve handled these things. As for trading either of the players the rationale to do it makes sense. If the choice for them is to trade them or just let them retire the obvious move would be to trade them. Your choice is either lose the player to retirement and get nothing for them being gone or you trade them to a team and get something in return for them. If teams know they’re threatening to retire you’re clearly not going to get top market for the trade but if you’re losing the player no matter what it clearly makes sense to get something over nothing. The teams stubbornness in approaching these things is one of the many reasons they’ve never contended for a championship in anybody’s recent memory. And seeing how they treat legends who played for them why would any top talent in free agency ever choose to go to Detroit knowing how they operate? They’re the definition of a penny smart but dollar dumb organization. And until they finally change that culture they’ll never become a top team in the league. Culture as we’ve seen time after time is a major factor in whether teams contend for yesrs or remain basement dwellers.

@@prod.snqwfall1347 Seemed to have no problem with trading Stafford. I’m happy for Stafford and even happier he won a SB while the Lions are still a piss poor, trash ass team and organization. Will never win a SB.

@@Matt-cr4vv ain't nobody reading all that. Write a book jeez.

If he was on a good team he would have kept playing

isnt that the play wagner pushed it out the back of the endzone on purpose 🤔? ?

@@Detlions2007Believe it was a MNF or SNF games, Lions should’ve won, but ofc it’s the Lions and the league didn’t care enough to check the rules on that touchback 🤷‍♂️

That was an illegal play by Kam.

Yeah when Wagner pushed the ball out cheating ass mf

@@EFunkRock No... it was a legendary play and goal line forced fumble by Kam, and the swat out of the end zone by K.J. was illegal

Facts

He owed them over $6 Million back & by NFL rules he had to pay back monies. They only made him pay back $1.5 million but could get that money back working just 28 hours a year for 3 years. If they just give him back the money it goes against their salary cap & they get hit with penalties. Calvin is being selfish. He also wanted the Lions to release him so he could go play with Aaron Rodgers. He had no loyalty to the Lions at all. So screw him.

I disagree. Calvin said very directly that his body was talking to him, and he had given himself 10 years to play. He retired after 9. Hecalso admitted that he might have reconsidered playing longer if he felt the team he was playing for was capable of winning a SB. But getting a SB ring is hard to do. He was under cobtract with the Lions and they were under no obligation to release him. And how many Super Bowl caliber teams would have been willing to pay crazy money and 1st round draft picks to get him? Calvin could have left the Lions after his rookie contract had ended. Instead he took the money from the Lions and signed away his career with the team.

Yep it's usually u gotta pick rings or money in the most cases if ur a superstar like him. Lions was never winning a SB. Imagine MG on the Patriots makes me wanna puke how good that team would been. Tom would have least 9 rings. MG wouldve had least 4 to 5

His bro Matthew Stafford did. 😂

Or playoff win

It's his own fault. He chose money over his teams' success. He took over double of almost every single other top WR. Doesn't matter how good you are, you don't overpay that much. He could've taken 30% less money and still been the number 1 paid receiver in the league.

@@trygswyrmwoodside3229been the #1 paid receiver making less than he did, while having a shit organization running things, who probably would’ve grabbed some shit skill players like Eric Enron or something like that…

The refs cheated him out of one

They have tried. There is this thing called NFL barganing agreement & Lions cannot just give him that money. He actually owed them over $6 Million & Lions said just give us back $1.5 million. They offered him that $1.5 million if he just put in 28 hours of work for the Lions orginazation for 3 years. $500K per year . He has refused to. Lions hands are tied on it. Calvin is the one being selfish not the Lions.

Yes we do!

Then Calvin needs to admit he was wrong. Lions paid him up front the bonus for playing so many years on a contract. He ended it 3 years early & actually owed them over 6 Million back but only made him pay back 1.5 million. To get that money back he has to work for it by NFL barganing agreement. Lions offered to give him the money if he spent a total of 28 hours doing stuff for the lions. Not a bad pay day 1.5 million for 28 hours of work. He refused. Could have worked a mere 3 days & got it. No he was being selfish. Lions had no choice because it is part of the NFL barganing agreement. He did not hold his end up on the contract.

Yes

at least barry has grown up and accepted it and comes to the games, Calvin needs to grow up

@@mococaboy17 I believe when the Lions make things right with Calvin he'll serve in the Ambassador role they would like him to fill...

@@alanfortune3092 No he will not. They cannot just give him the money per NFL barganing agreement & would go against their salary cap. They did offer him the $1.6 Million (he owed them over $6 million back) if he would put in 28 hours work for three years. This includes 8 hours during his jersey retirement & offered to give another $100K to his organazation he was starting. But he selfishly denied it. He also wanted the Lions to release him so he could go play with Aaron Rodgers & the Fudge Packers stabbing the Lions in the back. But go ahead & make him the victim.

@@BBBYpsi Gee, I seem to remember when Andrew Luck abruptly retired from the Colts, Jim Irsay said flatly that whatever salary/bonuses that were disbursed to the QB would not be gone after. As far as Calvin requesting a trade, what's so wrong or illegal about that? The Lions stupidly fired Jim Caldwell after a 9-7 record, hired two idiots who turned turned the team upside down into worse than they already were, etc.. He was tired of the incompetence and the losing, especially after the way Jim Caldwell was disrespected by the Lions. When Matthew Stafford "quietly demanded" a trade he was accommodated and sent to a Super Bowl ready team and 🏆! I'm happy and rooted for him, no shade! If I remember he had time left on his contract as well. The Lions took extra care not to waste his career any worse than they already had. Hmmm.... Yes, it would be nice if Calvin would have a role within the organization, but he seems content to go his own way until the issue of disrespect has been resolved. I can respect and appreciate his position!

@@alanfortune3092 Calvin never asked for a trade he asked to be released so they would have to pay him the salary still and he can go play for whoever he wanted and get more money. There is a big difference between asking to be released and being traded. He was paid higher than any other wide receiver in the game while he was in Detroit. People seem to forget it's a business for these owners they make money off of it. They were already billionaires before they bought the team and there's a reason for that. Andrew luck got his money because he was actually hurt playing football And could not physically play anymore. Calvin Johnson was declining fast anyways. But no one complains that Peyton Manning had to pay money back because he didn't complain about it with the Indianapolis Colts because the same thing happened with Peyton Manning has happened with Calvin Johnson.

He said he feels like he could be a db coach.. the lions need a db coach. He could turn the secondary around!

The Michigan Cannabis industry was supposed to be for small businesses and millionaires like Megatron stole the industry from the middle class.

Without Suh, Tolluck, Fairly & Levy was hurt. 4 major parts of that great defense

It’s Stafford trying to get Calvin in LA.

100 overall

whos we?.... stafford fuced his hands... and he was hurt in his rookie season from landing flat on his back in the end zone.