BoulderBob said:
The Real Hipster Doofus said:
FreeBaGeL said:
Oh, hurray, another almost TD catch by Calvin Johnson. How many points do we get for that this week?
Not his fault he has a god awful QB trying to get him the ball.
Agreed. Calvin Johnson isn't perfect, but he is pretty damn close to it, and EASILY a top 3 talent at the WR position. Only Fitz, A. Johnson, and Moss can make a case against him I would listen to. Although I think Detroit is building a solid team, if Stafford doesn't figure out how to get Johnson the ball(by taking FULL advantage of the other WR's that are open due to the doubling of Johnson), CJ needs to hit the free agent market before he wastes away the prime of his career(now -2015-ish) on a team with a QB who can't get him the ball when the opportunity presents itself. I think Stafford IS that QB, so deal with the bum Hill while you can, and then prepare for a monster 2nd half...imo...trading for Calvin now will win many a FF player in re-draft leagues a championship.
Calvin Johnson is 3rd in the NFL in drops over the last 2 years, and if there were a category for being in perfect position to make a play on a ball and not making it, Calvin would be dominating the NFL in that stat.Calvin had yet ANOTHER chance to score this week and once again couldn't get his feet down. Once again we can all lament about how Calvin almost made that TD catch, like we have EVERY week going all the way back to the start of last year.Calvin gets such a free pass for all this stuff that it's ridiculous. Yes, he plays on a bad team, but he has had PLENTY of opportunities to make plays over the last two years where he has completely failed to through no one's fault but his own. They're not easy plays by any means, but they're plays that a guy who is as talented as people claim he is should make more often than not, and he simply doesn't. Physically, he's comparable to Fitzgerald, AJ, and Moss. As far as pure football skills go though, he's not even on the same planet as those guys. He is not nearly as dominant at going up and getting the ball as his physical measurables dictate he should be, and he is absolutely awful at getting his feet down on the sidelines.