Q: “Do you have a goal to be the best receiver ever?”
CALVIN JOHNSON: “Yeah. No doubt.”
That was three years and seven weeks ago. Now here is Calvin Johnson, 30 years old and coming off an 88-catch, 1,214-yard year ... strongly considering retirement. He has reportedly informed his coach Jim Caldwell that 2015 was his last season.
It’s a shocking story, unless you know Johnson. Then it’s not even surprising. Men play pro football for many reasons: to build a better life for their family, to become famous, to win a ring, to make football history, or to buy a Bentley that they can drive when their Lamborghini is in the shop.