Lions winning in ways they haven't in Super Bowl era
Sheila Ford Hamp stepped up to support general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell two-plus years ago when the Detroit Lions were 4-18-1 under their leadership.
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Sheila Ford Hamp stepped up to support general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell two-plus years ago when the Detroit Lions were 4-18-1 under their leadership.
The Detroit Lions will induct Hall of Fame wide receiver Calvin Johnson into the Pride of the Lions during the 2024 season.
Desperate for a winner, it looks as if Detroit might finally have one.
The Lions have picked inside the top five 13 times since 1956. Mattew Stafford, Calvin Johnson, Joey Harrington and Charles Rogers have been some of the picks in the top 5.
Calvin Johnson, who becomes eligible for the Hall of Fame next year, is joined by Julio Jones, Larry Fitzgerald and Antonio Brown at wideout. The tight ends are Rob Gronkowski and Travis Kelce.
Calvin Johnson has gone from shredding defenses on the gridiron to shredding the slopes.
The trade deadline is Tuesday.
As Johnson links up with other NFL teams, his relationship with the Lions is fraying.
A once happy relationship is turning sour, and Wood wants to turn things around.
"When your greatness is covered by your teams' lack of it," said Orlovsky, "it affects you immensely."
"I was stuck in my contract in Detroit, and they told me they would not release my contract so I would have to come back to them."
Longtime Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer and former Texas coach Mack Brown, along with former players Charles Woodson, Ed Reed and Calvin Johnson, are among those making their first appearance on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot this year.
"My first reaction was he's huge. I can understand why they call him Megatron," Cooper said. "He definitely lives up to that."
The Oakland Raiders announced on Tuesday that Calvin Johnson will join the team as a special guest for its first week of OTAs.
In October of 2012, Calvin Johnson told 97.1 The Ticket that he had suffered a concussion against Chad Greenway and the Minnesota Vikings. And he just said it again.
Calvin Johnson retired from football at the age of 30 to save his body.
Do you see any way that Calvin Johnson would ever come out of retirement?
Johnson, who retired at the end of last season, has the Lions records for career receptions (731), receiving yards (11,619) and receiving touchdowns (83).
"I got stuff that's going to hurt for the rest of my life."
Lately, though, more and more players have been questioning this standard - and none more so than the Lions' DeAndre Levy.
Charles Tillman and Calvin Johnson became quite familiar with one another through their many battles in the NFC North.
Megatron really does look like he is having a genuinely great time.
A very happy-looking Calvin Johnson made his debut on Dancing With The Stars on Monday night.
"We're kind of excited [we] don't have to battle him," coach Chuck Pagano said. Who could blame him?
