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Laquon Treadwell must earn the nickname Megaquon

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So we’ve all decided as a fanbase that we’re fine with the nickname “Megaquon” for Laquon Treadwell?

It’s a cool-sounding name that plays cleverly off Laquon’s real first name, I get that, but is anyone else a little bothered by the baggage that comes with the moniker?

The name Megaquon is of course in part an homage to Calvin “Megatron” Johnson, a receiver so physically imposing and statistically dominating it seemed natural to call him by a nickname derived from a toy line and movie series featuring gigantic robots that transform into cars.

Calvin was big and he was fast and he was seemingly indestructible.