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- Sports Illustrated's Michael Rosenberg put together a nice retrospective on why Calvin Johnson's potential retirement isn't that surprising.
- Here's a Megatron stat dump:
No player in history has averaged more rec YPG than Calvin Johnson, 86 yds (min 100 games)https://t.co/6My5DVQeiw pic.twitter.com/5VDbJ4c5Xp
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) February 1, 2016From 2011-2013, Calvin Johnson caught 302 passes for 5,137 yards and 33 TD
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 31, 2016
That's the most rec yards over a 3-year stretch in NFL historyCalvin Johnson currently has 11,619 career receiving yards, 2nd-most in NFL history before a player's 31st birthday pic.twitter.com/RF19HCmLJo
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 31, 2016 - Despite the dim outlook on Johnson's future, the Detroit Lions released a statement claiming their position has not changed since their original statement on Jan. 6.
- Paula Pasche picked out Johnson's top five games of his NFL career.
- Zac Snyder of Detroit Jock City breaks down why Calvin Johnson's retirement is nothing like Barry Sanders'.
- Switching gears, Ezekiel Ansah had a quiet Pro Bowl, tallying just a single tackle. But I really wish we would have seen this:
Who all wanna see me on offense?
— Ezekiel Ansah (@Ziggy_Ansah) February 1, 2016
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— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) January 31, 2016