Trading Calvin Johnson

[Nukleopatra]

I'll agree with the above poster, first of all you can get a WR anytime, second, I would trade him next year and get picks for the year that the rookie salaries are capped, thus you can get high picks without breaking the bank... Sometimes in chess the best move is knowing when to sacrifice a piece. This looks horrible on paper right away but they may be able to build quicker without him and take another WR in the 2-3 where talent is still available...

Yeah. But can you get a WR that puts up the type of production that Calvin Johnson is putting up this season? (He's ranked 22nd in the NFL.) He's right up there with Pierre Garcon.

 

[Buzzman]

Please, Calvin Johnson has not played a healthy game since week 3. Hes played hurt all year. its a knee/hammy thats hurting him too and for a WR thats crucial. Then you add on the fact thats hes double even triple covered nearly every play cause hes the only offensive weapon, and lets tack on the fact he has a really inaccurate Qb throwing him the ball. Of course hes gonna have a bad year this season. Hell its funny I say hes gonna have a bad season when he'll prob have 1000 yards and 6 TDs. Which would be a outstanding year for Burleson.

I would be willing to bet if Stafford and Calvin never got injured this year, Calvin would have 1400 yards and 13-15 TDs. Another thing to add is, last game vs Baltimore he only had 4 rec for 37 yards but there was twice when Calvin broke free and beat both the saftey and CB but Culpepper underthrew him by 10 yards which resulted ni a pick and what would have been another one had Calvin not ran back and played defense.

 

[Nukleopatra]

I would be willing to bet if Stafford and Calvin never got injured this year, \.

Ahh, yes.

If I had a dick bigger than 2 inches, I wouldn't be single right now.

 

[Buzzman]

you cant just ignore his injuries, they have affected everything about his game this year, he cant cut as good, he cant turn around as quickly and it slows his deep route down quite often this year. You could say hes had a great year considering his and his teams injuries.

 

[GoChargers]

lol, and then with the picks you get in return for CJ, you draft 2 solid players.. Then in 2 years time when you have another 3-13 season, "Hey, we're still losing. Lets trade away these 2 players now."

You're not going to start winning games by trading away your players whenever they show some talent.

 

[Sven Draconian]

No.

Issac Bruce once put up a 1700 yard season, which was followed up with a 1300 yard season. The offense was ranked like 20th both seasons. Issac Bruce was just that good. Our offense wasn't all that much better than the Detroit Lions the last few seasons.. Hell, I think back in 2007 Detroit had the 9th best passing offense.

So, yeah, let's write your lack of ground to stand on, as me just being a troll. I mean, Christ, how ridiculously far fetched is it, that a person would ever claim that Calvin Johnson isn't clearly a top 5 WR in the NFL.

lmao.

Doesn't Detroit have the 20th best passing offense in the NFL? Which is better than Cincinnati, yet Chad Johnson is ranked 15 spots higher than Calvin Johnson. Carolina is ranked 28th in passing offense, yet Steve Smith is only 2 yards behind Calvin Johnson, with 1 more TD.

Oops, there I go trolling again.

The issue isn't that you disagree with Calvin Johnson being top 5, the issue is when you throw out Nate Brlueson and Piere Garcon as his peers.

Chad Johnson you say? Chad Johnson who averages a whooping 2 yards more a game receiving, but has a lower YPC than Calvin Johnson. It's almost like Calvin Johnson missing 2 games is impacting his counting stats. Not even counting Carson Palmer vs a rookie QB (or Daunte freaking Culpepper). Clearly Chad Johnson is superior...just look at all that extra production.

Steve Smith has posted pretty similar counting stats to Calvin....in 2 extra games.

Do you even read the babble you post?

 

[Sven Draconian]

The one aspect we need to watch with any wideouts game is "do they produce even when they have a target on their back?" Can we say that about Calvin Johnson yet? Having not watched enough of his games to determine that, I'll turn those thoughts over to those that watch them religiously.

Can you name another Lions receiver?

The target has been on his back since Roy Williams was traded. He's it.

 

[GangstaE]

lol, and then with the picks you get in return for CJ, you draft 2 solid players.. Then in 2 years time when you have another 3-13 season, "Hey, we're still losing. Lets trade away these 2 players now."

You're not going to start winning games by trading away your players whenever they show some talent.

why not then you can get four good players after trading the next two and keep on building up from there

 

[citizenerased]

why not then you can get four good players after trading the next two and keep on building up from there

At that rate they'll have themselves a team by 2020... Brilliant strategy.