Lions Notes: Matthew Stafford Tweets About Cris Carter, Calvin Johnson
by Sean Yuille on Sep 29, 2011 5:38 AM EDT
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Print- I hate to even bring this up because it gives Cris Carter the attention he evidently so desperately craves, but earlier this week he made a comment about how Calvin Johnson isn't among the elite receivers in football. I'm not sure what he has against Johnson, but this isn't the first time Carter has made this argument.
In response to the latest comment, Matthew Stafford, Johnson's quarterback, tweeted this:
Does anyone think 8 tds in 4 weeks will change chris carters mind about an "elite" receiver?
Interestingly enough (as pointed out by Pro Football Talk), Johnson can tie Carter's record for the most consecutive two-touchdown games if he hauls in two more TDs on Sunday. Maybe that would finally shut Carter up.#megatron - Speaking of Johnson, he has as many touchdowns in the first three games as the entire Cowboys offense. Chew on that one, Carter. (Via Paula Pasche)
- Here's a look at where the Lions are ranked in this week's NFL power rankings: third on PFT, fourth on ESPN, second on CBS Sports, eighth on SB Nation (what?) and third on NFL.com.
- Sunday's Lions-Cowboys game will be broadcast to a large part of the country. You can check out the coverage map here.
- As discovered by Dave Birkett, former Lions defensive tackle Robert Callaway is a member of the Cowboys practice squad.
- The city of Detroit is not happy that a mobile strip club called the "Booty Lounge" is parking and operating at Eastern Market prior to Lions games.
- Don't expect Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin to play on Sunday.
- Peter King interviewed Jim Schwartz on his podcast, and the two talked quite a bit about how Schwartz got his first job in the NFL. It's a really interesting interview.
- StubHub reports that the demand for the Monday night game between the Lions and Bears is the highest they have ever seen for a Lions game. In fact, 14 percent of the people that attend the game will have bought their tickets from StubHub.
- Matthew Stafford was interviewed by Jim Rome earlier this week.
- Ndamukong Suh is on the cover of this week's Sporting News.
- Suh isn't going to intentionally target Tony Romo's injured ribs. He said that's not his style.
- Former Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky has been re-signed by the Colts.
- The first three weeks of the NFL season produced more points, net passing yards and passing touchdowns than any other opening three weeks in the league's history. Hooray defense!
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Even If Megatron scored 8 touchdowns IN Dallas, Carter wouldn't shut his fat mouth
Why does Carter act like he is the authority on Wideouts like he is the best of all time or something? Carter wasn’t even the best in his era (1. Jerry Rice, 2. Michael Irving 3. CC), Megatron can smash any of his records at will, and I think he’s just bitter that we did his old team.
Fear the Suh
by d_ronii on Sep 29, 2011 6:37 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Carter's just hatin' because his Vikes choked. Again.
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by NobodySpecial on Sep 29, 2011 7:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha
Green it
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by Sean Yuille on Sep 29, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Cris Carters best attribute was his longevity.
He was never elite for a season, or top 5. He just had more years than most WR’s have. He was good, but as he would/should say, not elite.
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Too bad I can't get the game local.
I get some bullcrap Eagles game.
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I hope Stafford and Johnson
PROVE Carter wrong every week!
by BeardedPlayoffJesus19 on Sep 29, 2011 7:57 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Thank You Chris Carter
A little extra motivation for our favorate duo can’t hurt. :)~
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Doesn't hurt my Fantasy League
Megatrons been CLUTCH for me every week so far
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Power Rankings
Not only are the Lions sitting near the top of those rankings, on some (NFL.com/ESPN) it’s the highest the Lions have ever been rated.
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Lions fan down in LA (lower Alabama)
today's media
is SUPER fickle…doesn’t suprise me. Actually reminds me a lot of BCS rankings..in otherwords, complete shite!
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Except with the BCS rankings
They actually matter, much to the chagrin of anyone who considers CFB to be a real sport.
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by Mavyrk on Sep 29, 2011 9:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Thank you Chris Carter
A little extra motivation for our favorate duo can’t hurt. :)~
Lions fan down in LA (lower Alabama)
The thing is...
you don’t have to catch a ton of passes to be an “elite” WR. Route-running and number of catches don’t always matter that much if you have size, speed, and hands like CJ; an elite WR is one that is a big enough threat that he cannot be left in single coverage and that safeties are constantly being rolled over to his side. Soon as that happens it opens up the rest of the field for the everyone else, just as it did versus the Vikings, and as soon as Linehan made the adjustments at half time by telling Stafford to look don the middle because the Vikings’ safeties were rolling over toward CJ and Burleson, the Lions came to life. And there was an excellent comment somewhere about the 60-yard screen pass being CJ’s assist, because he took out a safety and a linebacker in coverage on the play and then made a key block on another DB.
Dont know what Carter is on about, but anyone that has to be game-planned around because they cannot be handled by one defender is pretty damn good.
wonder if..
CC knows the difference between single coverage and all out blitzes resulting in single coverage.
Yeah theres no way
Carter only caught Td’s remember…possession Wr if i ever saw one..and hes the worst writer/T personality I have ever read or wathced..Hes a hater, if hes not hating, hes not living
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by dezznutz1001 on Sep 29, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
ok you got me lost?
Ok can someone explain to me. How megatron is the only one to score 2 touchdowns in three weeks in the nfl. and now I ihere he can tie chris carter with 2 more td’s this week?
Calvin Johnson is not the first person to have 6 TDs in the first 3 weeks.
He is the first person to have 2 TDs in each game. Other people have done like 2-1-3 and splits like that.
"You've got to respect your opponent, no matter who it is. You respect him best by going out there and beating him up." - Calvin Johnson
To add to this
Carter had 2 in 4 straight but it wasn’t at the start of the season. Calvin is the first to start a season with 3 in a row.
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by Enforcer on Sep 29, 2011 10:20 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
First one to do it in the first three weeks
Carter obviously did it, but not at the very start of the season.
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by Sean Yuille on Sep 29, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Listening to that Schwartz/King podcast....
makes me so happy that Jim is our coach. What a smart dude. Love the part about the statistical trend analysis usage… staying a step ahead of the game and using his economics background… which was instigated by Bill Belichick. Each game that goes by, I feel much more confident that he is “the guy”. I can see that vision of him on the Super Bowl winning podium holding that trophy…. with Suh, Stafford and Johnson surrounding him.
Alright POD'ers. Don't be shy and bury the lead
Who has been to the Booty lounge and what can you tell the rest of us about it?
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by Spider1 on Sep 29, 2011 9:58 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Damn I've been exposed
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I'm curious myself
If I was in the area I’d have to go out just to say I was at a strip club on wheels more than anything else.
That Cris
what a Cris!
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Seriously, SCREW CHRISSY CARTER!
The dude is a straight hater, hes hated on Peyton Manning, now hes hatin on MEGATRON…He’d probably hate on Tom Brady if the 4 letter network would let him
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Man a mobile strip club!
what a genius! props to you Profiler for a great idea. Too bad people aren’t taking to kindly to it
cc is an idiot
he is a hater and a racist. like his comment about the guy last year doin his endzone dance sayin, “look like you had a white dude in your body” . classless clown. ESPN needs to fire his ass. i no longer watch ESPN football shows because of his punk ass.
by California Dillon's on Sep 29, 2011 1:39 PM EDT reply actions
It's big having Austin out..
put Wright on Dez and double up Witten and just let the rest of the recievers run wrong routes.Sounds easy enough
I heard on twitter last night
Caleb Campbell was cut by the colts. Any info on that around? I haven’t seen any
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by Justan Oldfart on Sep 29, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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