ST. LOUIS – Calvin Johnson didn’t quite get there last week against Green Bay, but the Detroit Lions wide receiver has a better-than-good shot of eclipsing the 1,000-yard mark on Sunday against St. Louis.
Johnson has 965 receiving yards this season – 35 yards away from the 1,000-yard plateau for the sixth straight season and seventh year overall. He’s been a 1,000-yard receiver in every season since 2010. The last time he didn't hit that mark was in 2009, when he had 984 yards in 14 games.
“Very few people have achieved the kind of excellence that he has in terms of his playing career.