Calvin Johnson on Matthew Stafford’s fastball: You’re f***ing up my fingers!
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- čas přidán 14. 09. 2021
- Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Calvin Johnson on syncing up with long-time Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford, including learning to handle Stafford’s fast throws and his appreciation for the now L.A. Rams QB making it to his Hall of Fame induction. Plus, we catch up with Stafford at Johnson’s Hall of Fame induction afterparty and he shares some of his personal highlights from their years playing together.
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NEVER FORGET... these 2 single handily got Detroit to the PLAYOFFS....probably harder than winning a super bowl
@@ivotenotocensorship5247 the D was only top 10 for 1 year. 2014. They were a good squad that got cheated in Dallas. Would have been great to see Suh and that all time great run defense vs legion of Boom in prime at the 12th man that year. O well.
@@antonmiller3981 if we could've had that defense with the 2011 offense we might've actually did something in the playoffs
@@ivotenotocensorship5247 nope
@@elbowgang9715 facts
stupidest, most casual comment i’ve ever seen. log off for me😊
i hope other lions fans appreciate the hell outta both of them guys... BOTH are franchise legends.
We do. We understand how both got to the situations we are now. I want Staff to do well in LA and it'll hurt each W he puts up. CJ just stopped wanting to be here and I get it but he has been throwing a little bit of a fit being so early into a monster deal, but I don't fault him from walking away.
@@soccerwizard975 I agree with you hold heartedly about both players I also want Stafford to do well in LA but watching him throw 3 tochdowns leading to victory over the bears it really like disappointed in a way so I understand
@@reupyourlife And you see how he did it-looking like it was just the easiest stroll in the park he’s ever taken. And having a blast playing again. Made me so happy to see even though meanwhile, we lost our game, a typical Lions mad scramble to come from behind at the end. And you KNOW Stafford would’ve easily been the difference. We had Stafford in there instead of Goff-he’s f#%kin pullin that game outta the fire & scorin that final drive, no question.
Staff did everything he was asked & far more, & he never complained or badmouthed anyone or anything, not one single time. Even on his way out, he gets us tons of stockpiled draft picks to rebuild with. He just kept giving to the very end.
He’ll always be a Detroiter & a Lion in my mind/heart, comin north to work in the Motor City like countless other southern boys. Now I just so want him to go win a ring w/ LA. Couple of em. I’m a crazy Rams fan now-they’re 100% my 2nd favorite team by far (love the Browns too-we need to do an exact copy of their rebuild. And now that Matthew’s ON a good team, the world is going to see how unbelievable he truly is.
Nobody deserves it more in my eyes. Love that kid, always will.
We really did. They made the lions surprisingly entertaining, or at least the highlights
@Cody Hess keep that same energy when the lions have 15 total wins the next 3 years
God I miss Calvin Johnson. He was such a freak of nature with incredible receiving ability. He was so damn dominant and made everything look so easy
These two were setting record's on people together. As a lions fan i would of wanted to see Calvin traded to a winning organization. I'm glad Matt has a good shot with LA.
EXACTLY
@Cody Hess my thoughts exactly
@Cody Hess what's your team?
Is this English? 🤔
@Cody Hess That’s unnecessarily mean
This is cool. I feel like this is one of the first times I’ve seen them really talk about each other. I’ve never seen anything and always wondered if they ever even liked each other. lol glad to see two of my fav players get along
They always have, plenty of sideline footage over the years of them celebrating together. Both of them are very cool regular guys.
Thank you Calvin for all you did for us in Detroit. We miss you bud.
Its truly a blessing to have witnessed one of the most dynamic arms in history matched up with the most physically gifted WR ever, especially during the Linehan years. Stafford to Johnson is up there with Montana to Rice in my book.
I loved watching his offense even if it didn't work out. Risky as all hell and tons of fun to see
We had 2 of the all time greats at the same time. Happy BD CJ !!! Best wishes Matthew. #OnePride
Megatron deserves his hof induction. He should have been mvp at least 2 seasons. Deserved a ring
He deserves the money Lions didn’t pay him
💯💯💯‼️‼️
@@joeramos2818 wait he never got a big payday? Never knew that
@@calvinfan6330 after he retired.. the lions made him pay back 1.6 million dollars. Usually when you have a hall of famer that gave it all for your franchise you let it go .
@@calvinfan6330 the colts could have reclaimed Andrew Lucks salary which was $24.8 mil when he retired. They let him have it
The Dallas game will be ALWAYS be my favorite
Two Hall of Fame players
Calvin was such a beast! One of my favorite ever
One of the greatest athletes on the planet with a genius level IQ built like an Egyptian deity . Who said all men are created equal
Asè
What a great duo!! All lions fans wanted to see them win in Detroit
to bad timing was off.. if they could of had Barry Sanders.. they would of been unstoppable..
@@louisvario1087 offensive coordinator that wasn’t creative was the key in them not making it far in the play offs. If they had a coordinator that was half of Mcvay they would’ve seen some play off runs
Stafford seem like a nice lay back cool dude..
It was a joy to watch that Duo but I wish they both got drafted to winning Franchises.
“Good for him” EVERY LIONS FAN
Every time I think of Megatron I can't help picturing tiny Brent Grimes doing OBJ things before OBJ was even a thing. 😊
I can picture that play in my head right now lol. That pick in the end zone was sick
OBJ things before OBJ was even a thing, haha I love it
I love this guy. I love Stafford too. LIONS
Seeing Calvin Johnson reminds me of a thought I had when Johnson retired. If I was a Lions fan I’d be upset with ownership. Got the Ford last name and two all time greats at their positions retire early (Sanders is arguably the goat at running back). Can’t be a coincidence. Wth is ownership doing?
Don’t know anyone from Detroit personally so I’d appreciate an honest response from Lions fans
The Fords are the worst owner's in all of pro sports and a curse to the Detroit Lions.
You can tell Calvin had 5 years left in him, and you can tell Stafford misses him 😂
hes probably like "yo, you still doing reps?? you wanna come out of retirement and come too LA??"
No he did not. He was declining fast because of ankle,knee & finger problems. He never practiced anymore because of the knee & ankle problems. Lions were probably gonna cut him because of his pay was gonna be like $22 million.
@@BBBYpsi nah he just didnt wanna play on the lions and he had nothing else to prove
@@ElCap1van No he did not want to get cut because around here in Detroit it was a huge rumor & the fact he had not been able to practice in several years because of his knees & ankle problems. I also knew a few players & they told me so.
I don't think he's missing him too much right now.
Stafford to Megatron was my favorite duo. If the Lions organization wasn't so bad and toxic those two could have maybe won a championship. I know they could have rewrote the record books
I also miss GOLDEN TATE.YAC was like THE BARRY!!!
I completely agree! Legendary duo 💯
stafford is a champion now
Calvin is an ABSOLUTE SPECIMEN!! You couldn’t dream up a better WR in a lab!!
It’s kind of funny that Calvin Johnson was talking about how cool a coach Sean McVay is when you consider their shared history and the fact that McVay had to give Stafford permission to go to the Hall of Fame ceremony for the guy that McVay beat out for Georgia High School Player of the Year.
McVay would’ve been putting up 2000 yards if he made it to the nfl lol
The most talented/gifted qb wr duo, oh what could’ve been
Brady/Moss would like a word
Lol, Brady and Moss blew these two out the water. They connected for 40 touchdowns in a little over 2 seasons of playing together.
CJ should come out of retirement and join Stafford in LA!
His knees bro.
Can't. Lions literally own him. And it's sad. -Former lions fan-
Rams WR/TE squad is stacked already. We good fam 💙💛
@@Danimal1577 100% agree but as a Lions fan I would love to see it.
He's in the hall hes not going back to the league.
The person and player Stafford is, is very apparent by comments by Detroit fans. Don’t think I’ve hardly seen if ever a negative comment about Stafford from Lions fans. All wish him the best and thank him for the years in the motor city. Guy deserves all the success in the world. And regardless of what anyone thinks. He’s a HOF in my book. The numbers he put up with hardly any running game and a paper bag for an offensive line are insane. There isn’t a qb who isn’t HOF caliber that could have did what he did in Detroit.
Lifelong Lions fan Matt Stafford is and will always be my QB. Truly a one of a kind player and person. He has earned and deserves every bit of success.
"I can do it in my sleep" this man was different
Antonio Freeman had the E.T. fingers as well from catching from Favre.
Man i miss them days bro
stafford and johnson where the life of detroit, i'm glad stafford got his
some of the best of the lions #gopride
Idk why I read the title in buddy love voice but damn it’s so funny 😭
Maybe Matt could drop a line to Calvin saying about this nice spot in LA
Best QB-WR duo without a title
If these two guys had competent coaches and organization these guys would've seen a few superbowl. Unfortunately they played for the sorry ass lions. Good for Matt for getting out while he can still play. Would've love to see barry and Calvin do the same.
It was pretty much the O coordinator that were trash that Caldwell wouldn’t fire or attempt to get a O coordinator that was more creative.
@Jory Folker i wanted Caldwell to stay and if not him then teryl Austin. No offense, but you did not watch lions games during the cooter time. His play calling was predictable until the very end when it didn’t matter and he came up with that Philly Philly special. Bob quien and cooter were the flaw in that time
dude is beyond an amazing player, too bad he was on a crappy team, he deserves to be part of a playoff/superbowl team
Stafford underrated asf
This man deserves more than what he got from lions
Calvin was a physical specimen and maybe one of the most gifted athletes of all time. However he was not a competitor and never came up large when we needed him. Sure he went for 250 when we were down 35 in the 4th quarter. Check out Cooper Kupp and Stafford's work form this last game THAT is a proper receiver.
Fuck outta here. This makes NO sense. Anyone that will chose Kupp over Calvin Johnson should have their head examined
@@yo000ify Calvin did not make his team better. This isn’t the NBA or madden son. This is the NFL where the game is played as a team. I used him as example. I’d take Diggs over him too. Is that better because he’s colored?
@@greatwhite3676 you're delusional. He made the entire team better. In his prime he was unguardable. Just by lining up he prevented a 8 man box. He made Stafford look better. A lot of those passes where him just throwing it up. Stafford threw for over 5k once, and that was with CJ catching over 1600 yards. If he had played for ANY other franchise, he would of ended his career leading all categories for receivers
@@yo000ify I was at a lot of those games. 80% of his stats were in garbage time. Always came up short in big games. Just like Barry a selfish player that made everyone around him worse. Exceptional talent but not a winner. Soft too
@@greatwhite3676 he played like 9 seasons and was a 1st Ballot HOF. Your alternatives were Kupp and Diggs because "he's colored" too.
Good luck recognizing and addressing your biases....take care
What is it about being a Lions legend that makes you’re eyebrows wild? Calvin and Barry both have the wandering eyebrows in interviews.
Maybe my team should draft more wild eyebrow players cause we stink.
Can't hate on Calvin or stafford.2 professionals on different paths that lead Calvin to the hall and Stafford can be on his way
I really want brady to win again.But if not it would be cool to see rams under him win
We were life long DETROIT LIONS fans but after watching the way Detroit treated Matthew Stafford and their other Elite players, my wife and I simply no longer have the same feeling. We are now Matthew Stafford fans. We will be keeping a record. It's now Matthew Stafford 1-0 and Detroit Lions 0-1. Oh, and Matthew Stafford named Week 1 NFC Offensive Player of the Week !!!
Any how did they treat them bad? Maybe making them the highest paid players at their position is just down right mean?!
Stafford...2021 NFL MVP...
If Stafford can go 4 Ws in the west and beat Minnesota...Rams going to be in NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 🎯
Well, I might say that the Lions didn't treat Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson the right way by, not giving them the same opportunity they gave to Stafford. Allowing him to go seek another team and winning situation. Interesting that, Barry and Calvin are black and Stafford is white! They wanted to OWN the black men "Play for us or retire" but, the white guy, "Sure Matthew, you deserve to go to a winning team"
@@vladimirjackson1272 you know what Pal...The HOF .... Doesn't recognize color...I hear you though...PS as a Lifelong Rams fan...I couldn't be happier with Stafford! See you at the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
@@ericunderwood8080 Bro, I'm a Rams fan for 39 years straight and I'm OVER THE MOON with happiness that we got Stafford! Doesn't change the fact of what I said and the HOF has nothing to do with it.
all this time i thought they were besties because the connection was so automatic
Imagine Megatron says you throw the ball too fast
His hands took beatings! All of his fingers are displaced
Everyone will see Stafford shine like the diamond he is! Was just a diamond in the rough with Detroit. As for Megatron, my best all time reciever. Always made big plays and got robbed by refs alot during career smh. Only thing i can say about him is that he needs to grow up and let the past go with Lions organization bs! If Barry could move on with his issues with Lions so can Calvin. HOF speech was basically a selling point for his Marijuana business wtf??? lol, still room for maturity but love em no matter what.
What a buzz kill. Interviewing the guy at the party lmao
Id bet calvin johnson could come back and dominate the redzone this year. Not a fulltime receiver, only use him on a fade or slant in redzone. I wouldn't bet against him 😆
Too me clavin and matt were like duper and marino....but at the end when Calvin decided to hang it up it left matt with no help which the franchise didnt give him, so we have barry sanders 2.0!
Go with me on this one..... Matt, Calvin, and Barry playing together.(IMHO I think Barry is the GOAT of running backs)
Stafford is in good hands with the Rams
Its confirmed, Megatron is gonna come out of retirement and play for the Rams
Pay this man his money
I think the family wants to do it, up to a point but Calvin wants to get the nfl to change their rules. Because right now the only way the lions can pay him is to sign some sort of contract legally. And Calvin isn’t hurting for the money, so it’s a impasse.
I sense Megatron wants to come out of retirement and play for the Rams
Only the NFL can bring a Bulldog and a Yellow Jacket together
Yeah, I'm gonna say the NBA, MLB, the military, politics, law enforcement, the medical industry, and families can also do it, as well as a whole list of other occupations and hobbies.
calvin strahan twin lol
Both of them are class acts. I enjoyed watching the two of them play. Too bad the rest of the team sucked. I felt bad for both of them for that. Not one play off win.
that 2014 defense was GREAT, though. should have won a playoff game that year.
LOL And how many playoff victories? (snicker!)
Bet
They don't look like AJ Hawks monster mash hands
MEGATRON COME OUT OF RETIREMENT AND JOIN THE RAMS FOR THE 2022 SEASON AND COME GET YOU ONE!!!!🤩
Rams WR/TE squad is stacked already. We good fam 💙💛
you guys are not beating Tampa to get to the super bowl...sit down and watch the GOAT #12 win another one.
That's right people Matthew Stafford isn't a crappy quarterback at all and now you're going to see. Megatron was my dude.
He ain't doing that well
@@AB-nd6lo 💩 happens. 🤷🏽♂️
@@AB-nd6lo didn't age well
Miss those days. New lions are depressing
Why did Calvin retire?
the lions...
Imagin if Calvin Johnson and Matthew Stafford with the rams right now along with kupp and if gurley was still with rams. Cardinals niners and seahawks will hate rams even more.
Super stacked teams don't always work out tbh.
It's called CTE.
he said matt didnt have touch throwing the ball ??? lol
That’s not what he said lol
I always wanted him as a weapon for Aaron Rodgers.
Stafford is to Johnson as Brady is to gronk
I mean after Rice and Moss I think he's third best ever
The greatest QB-WR combo that never was. It’s sad that the lions are nothing but a write off for the Ford family
Yep. They will never sell the team.
He looks like Strahan's brother, lol.
The lions will be cursed forever until they pay Calvin and Barry. Otherwise the bad juju will just keep on coming.
Bro stafford on the cowboys. Sheesh
I wish Matt and Calvin were on a better team together
If #9 went 2 🌟👁wudnt even ⌚! Gooo 🐏z
Reading that gave me a stroke
Doesn't even regard houston as a team haha
Eh now I know why rams have been dropping passes
Matt Stafford looks like Elon Musk's jock little brother lol
So what he really said was I'm coming out of retirement to link up in LA 🤔🤔🤔😂😂
If Calvin come out of retirement he will be the first active hof player?
The lions could’ve used you yesterday against my ravens lol man I’m glad you retired 😂
I dint know Elon musk play quarterback for Detroit
Matt looks like Elon musk
I wish Calvin could of played with a more cerebral quarterback that threw with more touch like Peyton. Stafford was just a fast ball thrower his early years.
You are clueless
@@straitjacket8319 Hmm, I guess you don't believe Calvin Johnson?
@@hirokeo I believe that he has a great arm but he's I very smart quarterback .And he helped make Calvin as good as he was
@@straitjacket8319 That's his problem he had an amazing arm and didn't know how to take some heat off the ball. I thought Stafford was a good QB, never great, was he ever even top 5 in the league? Stafford will be lucky to make another probowl while Calvin is a 1st ballot hof.
@@hirokeo playing with the lions was like swimming with a 50lb weight around your waist .Look at Sims Sanders and others.Stafford will do very well with the Rams
Matthew Stanford is the reason he retired
You are correct. I loved watching Calvin Johnson catch the ball. Calvin was close to breaking a record and Matthew stopped throwing to him. CJ retired the same season. I have 0 respect for Matthew and the Rams will see that he is extremely self-centered.
I hate to say it Stafford was apart of the derailing of Megatrons career...if his fingers weren't so messed up he'd been the first WR to 2,000 receiving yard's. I seen how many of those fastballs Megatron dropped in the game he broke Jerry Rice's record, and I know he would've eclipsed 2,000 in the same game.
I guess, Matt Stafford should apologize for the crazy arm strength God gave him🤦
@@vladimirjackson1272 No dumbass just stop throwing so damn hard!!! You see in the video Megatron told him then he stopped
Omg stop it. The lions organization was the reason alot of players quit on them because the organization sucks. Wtf
@@bobphillips1027 And Stafford broke his fingers...why play through that for a sorry organization...I would want to quit too
Stafford / Johnson / Sanders on the same team in Detroit would have still lost. Detroit would have found a way for them to lose as it’s not the players but the organisation.
You are totally right. Lions management SUCKS.
It's your fault Stafford fucked up his fingers
The lions had a few great stars. Only thing holding them back was the Lions management. They have always been awful. Worse in the NFL.
Facts. Anytime the Lions get ahold of talent they find a way to waste it. From Barry to Calvin to Stafford. Thankfully Stafford was able to escape and win a Super Bowl.
stadford looks like elon musk brother
The momentous beach holoprosencephaly delay because drink acly bolt aboard a scintillating sand. penitent, mere pail
I know right
Oh and never once mentioned during his long dumb speech
Goodness Matt Stafford looks like Elon Musk.
Calvin join LA
Detroit Lions is a terrible organization, ownership doesn't seem to care about winning, decade after decade not much improvement. It is so bad that Barry Sanders quit than Calvin Johnson and now Matthew Stafford wanted to be traded, just tried of losing all the time. I am surprised that they didn't screw him like they did Barry Sanders.
Damn this dude is arrogant lol!! Ya Mcvay let him go to my ceremony because I’ve got a better relationship with him then matt does lol! Lions owe me my money I don’t earn right now!! 😿😿😿
His poor fingers....the SOFTEST PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY complaining about his weak ass fingers...go figure!! Turn in your HOF jacket, you definitely don't deserve it!
He played whole seasons with broken fingers chill man.
You Lions fans just can’t let go can you🤦🏽♂️