Allen Park — You see it in nostalgic bursts, a leaping catch here, a sliding catch there. When everything is right — the protection, the throw, the coverage — Calvin Johnson can still be Megatron.
But the toll is mounting, and so is the cost. And when this season mercifully ends and a new regime takes over, it will face one extremely delicate question. The primary debate isn’t about Matthew Stafford, no matter how loudly we shout that it is. He’ll likely be back, partly because he has untapped talent and partly because the NFL has a critical quarterback shortage.