This past weekend, the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted eight new members in Canton, Ohio. None of the inductees had ties to the Detroit Lions, but the ceremony made me think a lot about Detroit’s next most likely candidate: Calvin Johnson.
With a nickname like Megatron, which referred to the giant robot from the “Transformers” movies, Johnson was an especially big presence in the NFL.
Johnson is eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2021, and he has amassed impressive numbers in just nine seasons:
- 731 receptions
- 11,619 yards
- 15.