In my opinion you have to start things off by going back to the anomaly that was the 2011 season. The Detroit Lions went 10-6 and their offense looked like an unstoppable juggernaut off the play of Stafford and Johnson exclusively. Matthew targeted Calvin 158 times that season and Megatron made him glad he did by catching 96 of those targets and taking 16 of them to the house. Unfortunately what this berthed was this idea that Calvin Johnson is Matthew Stafford’s security blanket and the Lions offense consists solely of him throwing the ball that way. You hear it on sports talk radio everyday.
How Calvin’s retirement affects Matthew Stafford
