Calvin Johnson opens up on Detroit Lions drama, Matthew Stafford, cannabis | Richard Sherman Podcast
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- Richard Sherman interviews Hall of Fame WR Calvin Johnson AKA Megatron. The two NFL legends discuss Calvin's early retirement from the Detroit Lions, what the Lions can do to fix their rocky relationship, and how Calvin felt watching former Lions QB Matthew Stafford win the Super Bowl after getting traded from Detroit. Calvin also shares stories about facing Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, what made him choose Georgia Tech over Georgia, and why he almost grabbed his gun when he was about to hear he'd been voted into the Hall of Fame.
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Timeline:
00:00 - Start
00:28 - Megatron on retirement
03:40 - Why he retired
06:16 - Watching Stafford get a ring
08:18 - First time Sherm covered Megatron
10:48 - Best DBs Megatron faced
12:58 - Current relationship with Lions
16:20 - Today's NFL receivers
19:14 - Megatron's advice for rookie Calvin
22:17 - Getting inducted into HOF
26:41 - Choosing Georgia Tech over Georgia
29:23 - Will Megatron's kids play football?
32:15 - Sign off
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I was a Detroit Lions fan since a little girl and I put up with the lack of competence by Ownership, consistently poor decision making, and year after year of losing. I can no longer stomach the way that they treated players that in addition to their fantastic ball playing and off the chart skill levels, exuded admirable character. After 40 year, I am no longer a Lions fan. Thank you Calvin, for the great seasons you provided. As a former Lions fan and a forever Calvin fans I wish him nothing but the best.
I can understand Mr Johnson’s reluctance to be apart of Lions organization. He knows the Lion fans love him no matter what. I am thankful of all the memories and all the games he dominated in.
NO WE DON'T LOVE THIS CRY BABY. Going around and bad mouthing the lions for money he didn't earn. CRY BABY !!!!
This is my first time really seeing Sherm in a relaxed state. Man he seems like such an awesome guy! Great interview. Two all-time greats right here.
I always liked Calvin Johnson and this interview confirmed it. This is a great interview, too. Two of the best ever, who played each other, talking shop.
Humble giants. Real recognize real.
Megatron torn up Sherman! He couldn't stop Megatron, nor slow him down. Sherman wished he's Good, he's all mouth!
As an adult Lions fan I was a kid when Barry was doing his thing but it was my pleasure to suffer and get to grow up watching Calvin play, thank you sir..
Uncle Sherm's interviews are excellent. Megatron vs Sherm on the field was an excellent battle. Now to see them cooperating with eachother off the field is just as cool. The player to player perspective and Q and A just feels natural and comfortable. I love these non forced non awkward interviews.
Same bro. They realize its a small fraternity of them and its easier to work together than against each other.
Contrary to popular belief, Sherman always respected Megatron and never spoke trash to each other.
Hell, Sherman asked Megatron for his jersey after the DET-SEA game in 2015.
WELL SAID .>🎤 🏈
It’s called a podcast homie. When done properly, it flows organically.
I’ve never seen a receiver dominate the league the way Calvin did at receiver. He was literally in a different universe compared to everyone else. Same for AP in his prime. Legends.
Facts used to go to the GB game when I was younger man I've never heard a crowd so loud for a losing team with so many dogs on it. DETROIT VS ERRBODY.
Only one u can compare him 2 is moss those two were the most dominant wide outs in league history
This is my all time favorite player. He was incredible
Every time I watched him play i was in awe
There hasn’t been a receiver since who dominated like Calvin did. He was otherworldly. Closest player since is maybe DHop with double and triple coverage. Devante the best overall since Calvin.
You can see why Calvin Johnson retired. He has a lot more he can be successful with than just football. He’s intelligent, articulate, seems self-assured and is apparently a successful businessman.
Good for him. Yeah, he could have continued being a dominant receiver, but why do that to your body if you can be successful in other endeavors? On a human level, that makes total sense.
Congratulations, Megatron. Keep on truckin’.
If he was on a good team he would have kept playing
A remarkable interview- Hearing these 2 elite players that locked up on Sundays talk about football and much more. THANK YOU RICHARD SHERMAN & MEGATRON!!
Cmon Lions make this right with Megatron
If he’s the only example it can just be him whining. But no lions did that with sanders too. Why not trade him for multiple picks. What if they trade sanders and it became the second Hershel trade.
@@alginvestmentllc7638 Why tf would a team with no weapons trade the most dominant receiver in the history of the sport for the potential chance of finding more good players in the future???
I don’t blame megatron for staying away from the team. They demanded that repayment because they were mad and I get why they were mad at his sudden retirement. But at the same time when you demand an amount like $1.6M as an owner with a net worth of $1B+ that money is so little in your world it was obviously demanded in spite more than being demanded because it was a large amount of money that made sense to demand being paid back to the team. It kinda says a lot about the teams culture and why they’ve never won anything despite having one of the greatest RB ever, WR ever, and having a great QB like a Stafford for so long. It’s striking to see a guy leave the team and explode in numbers and win a Super Bowl immediately after leaving the team.
It’s telling if the culture of the franchise when two of the greatest players to ever play chose to leave the league early and in their prime rather than continue playing for the team. Consider that Gronk told the patriots that if they were going to trade him there then he was going to retire rather than play for that team. It says a lot that players would rather leave the game than continue playing, and making millions, if they have to play for this team. It’s telling that two do their best players ever had major riffs with the team to where they wouldn’t do anything with the team. Eventually they mended things with Barry. It’s also wild that they’d pay megatron his bonus back but only if he did a job for them to earn it back. It shows they don’t understand that it isn’t actually about the money but the respect or lack of it felt by megatron because of them demanding the money be repaid and then expecting him to do a job to get that money back from them.
Compare how the lions handled his retirement versus how the colts handled things when Luck retired. The Colts could have made Luck repay them over $24M between his signing bonus and roster bonus when he left the team. Consider also back when Luck retired it was literally right before the season. He actually fucked them over a bit for doing it when he did. Calvin retired a month before the Draft. They had the Draft and an entire off-season to move on from megatron.
Lucks money was actually an amount of money that if the team demanded being repaid could be seen as being more than petty. Even that sum for an owner like an Irsay who is worth $3.9B doesn’t need that money but at least the amount is substantial enough to make some sense. Or consider that most teams don’t make players repay but the lions did. Or how they sued Barry Sanders to get some of his back. The Lions are a clown organization in how they’ve handled these things.
As for trading either of the players the rationale to do it makes sense. If the choice for them is to trade them or just let them retire the obvious move would be to trade them. Your choice is either lose the player to retirement and get nothing for them being gone or you trade them to a team and get something in return for them. If teams know they’re threatening to retire you’re clearly not going to get top market for the trade but if you’re losing the player no matter what it clearly makes sense to get something over nothing. The teams stubbornness in approaching these things is one of the many reasons they’ve never contended for a championship in anybody’s recent memory. And seeing how they treat legends who played for them why would any top talent in free agency ever choose to go to Detroit knowing how they operate? They’re the definition of a penny smart but dollar dumb organization. And until they finally change that culture they’ll never become a top team in the league. Culture as we’ve seen time after time is a major factor in whether teams contend for yesrs or remain basement dwellers.
@@prod.snqwfall1347 Seemed to have no problem with trading Stafford. I’m happy for Stafford and even happier he won a SB while the Lions are still a piss poor, trash ass team and organization. Will never win a SB.
@@Matt-cr4vv ain't nobody reading all that. Write a book jeez.
the fans love Megatron! Front office get it done!
Never had an opportunity to hear from Calvin Johnson on a personal leval. Clearly a genuine individual
It was cool that Calvin mentioned Richard when they came knocking on his door to tell him that he got in the hall of fame
I LOVE this podcast! Sherm is so intelligent, entertaining and has great breakdowns and guests.
As a lifelong lions fan, I'm sick of this pettiness the lions have shown Calvin. The man needs to be back in the building. The amount of knowledge he could teach amon-ra, jamo, and everyone else on both sides of the ball, it's crazy.
Stop being the old lions. We've changed so much this year, bring Megatron home
He owed them over $6 Million back & by NFL rules he had to pay back monies. They only made him pay back $1.5 million but could get that money back working just 28 hours a year for 3 years. If they just give him back the money it goes against their salary cap & they get hit with penalties. Calvin is being selfish. He also wanted the Lions to release him so he could go play with Aaron Rodgers. He had no loyalty to the Lions at all. So screw him.
A good wife is KEY. They enable another level while also bringing peace. With that said, a good one is hard to find (I got lucky) 🙏🏽
Great interview…very insightful. Was lucky enough to see him play against the Hawks. Cam made a goal line save on 4th and goal…. It was unbelievable.
isnt that the play wagner pushed it out the back of the endzone on purpose 🤔? ?
@@Detlions2007Believe it was a MNF or SNF games, Lions should’ve won, but ofc it’s the Lions and the league didn’t care enough to check the rules on that touchback 🤷♂️
That was an illegal play by Kam.
Yeah when Wagner pushed the ball out cheating ass mf
@@EFunkRock No... it was a legendary play and goal line forced fumble by Kam, and the swat out of the end zone by K.J. was illegal
He's right about the fact that Detroit was Superbowl ready for a period of time. Was just a matter of going all in. Something they never did.
Facts
sherm was born for this he's so intelligent
This is a really good interview, I couldn't believe it was over, it went so fast. Your doing a great job Big Serm 👏, you actually let the guest talk. Keep it up.
Love the podcast as always. Some people just have an energy that makes it a great person to listen to and watch.
Great interview... Among a lot of good discussion by both, loved how Richard shared how his wife supported his playing career.
I love his new career. Can't say enough how happy I am for him. I fucking idolize this guy.
OK Sherm!! I never knew you before, I always respected you as a player but after seeing you in this interview I like you! I love the structure of the interview. You didn't ask the generic questions. You listened, which is very important! Great work! I came as a Calvin fan. Leaving a Sherm fan.
A this was fire✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾love and respect Megatron 💯
GREAT JOB SHERM . CLASSY CALVIN AT ITS FINEST .>🎤 🏈
Detroit Lions, make this right with Megatron.
Great interview. Thoroughly enjoyed it
Great podcast. Hope you and the Lions can patch things up soon.
Such a class act. Interested to know exactly what happened between him and the organization, dude definitely had atleast another 5-7 great years. Such a dominate receiver,probably top 3 EVER,IMO..
I disagree. Calvin said very directly that his body was talking to him, and he had given himself 10 years to play. He retired after 9. Hecalso admitted that he might have reconsidered playing longer if he felt the team he was playing for was capable of winning a SB. But getting a SB ring is hard to do. He was under cobtract with the Lions and they were under no obligation to release him. And how many Super Bowl caliber teams would have been willing to pay crazy money and 1st round draft picks to get him? Calvin could have left the Lions after his rookie contract had ended. Instead he took the money from the Lions and signed away his career with the team.
Yep it's usually u gotta pick rings or money in the most cases if ur a superstar like him. Lions was never winning a SB. Imagine MG on the Patriots makes me wanna puke how good that team would been. Tom would have least 9 rings. MG wouldve had least 4 to 5
Love seeing Megatron again!
it is really unfortunate Calvin wasn't able to reach the super bowl
His bro Matthew Stafford did. 😂
Or playoff win
It's his own fault. He chose money over his teams' success. He took over double of almost every single other top WR. Doesn't matter how good you are, you don't overpay that much. He could've taken 30% less money and still been the number 1 paid receiver in the league.
@@trygswyrmwoodside3229been the #1 paid receiver making less than he did, while having a shit organization running things, who probably would’ve grabbed some shit skill players like Eric Enron or something like that…
The refs cheated him out of one
Fantastic job Rich!
Love the passion Richard ! Megatron the don !
Was nice seeing Calvin of the field in this way. Hope Detroit makes it right.
Great interview; thanks
Great interview. Starting to really like Mr. Sherman. Megaton so humble. Damn.
great interview.
Great video 💯💪🏾🤴🏾🏈🙏🏾
the alarm going off every 10 min lol
Gotta love Shermon and Megatron,love the interview!
PO'ME COLORBLIND
Awesome interview
THE.BEST.RECIEVER. of the past 15 yrs. No one could touch him. He deserved to have played in a better team. His career was very Barry Sanders-like. All that losing made him retire early but was gonna be loyal to the Lions till the end. I wished at the end of every season he got traded to a better team. But all in all, he was better and a more complete WR than any and everyone that suited up. Only Moss and Owens, his peers while playing, have the cache to say they were better but he was the GOAT WR for me. Damn I wish he got traded to NE or Seattle back in the days.
Sherm.. I’ve never liked you before… but you grew on me a lot here my guy 💯
Hope they listen to Sherm! OnePride got crazy love for Megatron. Lions front office need to humble themselves and make this right. We got rid of the most of the guys that were there.
They have tried. There is this thing called NFL barganing agreement & Lions cannot just give him that money. He actually owed them over $6 Million & Lions said just give us back $1.5 million. They offered him that $1.5 million if he just put in 28 hours of work for the Lions orginazation for 3 years. $500K per year . He has refused to. Lions hands are tied on it. Calvin is the one being selfish not the Lions.
I hope the Lions and Calvin can work things out. We need Calvin to be associated with the Lions.
Yes we do!
Then Calvin needs to admit he was wrong. Lions paid him up front the bonus for playing so many years on a contract. He ended it 3 years early & actually owed them over 6 Million back but only made him pay back 1.5 million. To get that money back he has to work for it by NFL barganing agreement. Lions offered to give him the money if he spent a total of 28 hours doing stuff for the lions. Not a bad pay day 1.5 million for 28 hours of work. He refused. Could have worked a mere 3 days & got it. No he was being selfish. Lions had no choice because it is part of the NFL barganing agreement. He did not hold his end up on the contract.
Calvin Johnson Megatron #81 is a legit wide receiver especially if he was able to join the Atlanta Falcons with Julio Jones!!!!!! He was my favorite wide receiver in the league!!!!! Best Detroit Lions player and he would looked good with Atlanta Falcons!!!!!!
Calvin was bout to grab the strap for the HOF people at his door 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love that he mentioned Al Harris. One of the most underrated players.
I like Richard Sherman now
All hail Calvin the Goat 🐐
When will the 12s get BLESSED with a LOB reunion. WE LOVE ET3 wish he would get over the hate. 12s love ET3 and would love to see everyone together again. Yall the best D in NFL history.
The Lions need to fix their relationship with Calvin
Yes
damn right... he would be a great help to the team.... This needs to be made right.
Good ass interview!!! We need one with Crabtree too
Calvin!!!
I'm glad that Calvin Johnson is healthy and happy!
The Lions screwed him and Barry Sanders and wasted their careers!
I'm rooting for you Calvin!
at least barry has grown up and accepted it and comes to the games, Calvin needs to grow up
@@mococaboy17 I believe when the Lions make things right with Calvin he'll serve in the Ambassador role they would like him to fill...
@@alanfortune3092 No he will not. They cannot just give him the money per NFL barganing agreement & would go against their salary cap. They did offer him the $1.6 Million (he owed them over $6 million back) if he would put in 28 hours work for three years. This includes 8 hours during his jersey retirement & offered to give another $100K to his organazation he was starting. But he selfishly denied it. He also wanted the Lions to release him so he could go play with Aaron Rodgers & the Fudge Packers stabbing the Lions in the back. But go ahead & make him the victim.
@@BBBYpsi Gee, I seem to remember when Andrew Luck abruptly retired from the Colts, Jim Irsay said flatly that whatever salary/bonuses that were disbursed to the QB would not be gone after.
As far as Calvin requesting a trade, what's so wrong or illegal about that?
The Lions stupidly fired Jim Caldwell after a 9-7 record, hired two idiots who turned turned the team upside down into worse than they already were, etc..
He was tired of the incompetence and the losing, especially after the way Jim Caldwell was disrespected by the Lions.
When Matthew Stafford "quietly demanded" a trade he was accommodated and sent to a Super Bowl ready team and 🏆! I'm happy and rooted for him, no shade! If I remember he had time left on his contract as well.
The Lions took extra care not to waste his career any worse than they already had. Hmmm....
Yes, it would be nice if Calvin would have a role within the organization, but he seems content to go his own way until the issue of disrespect has been resolved.
I can respect and appreciate his position!
@@alanfortune3092 Calvin never asked for a trade he asked to be released so they would have to pay him the salary still and he can go play for whoever he wanted and get more money. There is a big difference between asking to be released and being traded. He was paid higher than any other wide receiver in the game while he was in Detroit. People seem to forget it's a business for these owners they make money off of it. They were already billionaires before they bought the team and there's a reason for that. Andrew luck got his money because he was actually hurt playing football And could not physically play anymore. Calvin Johnson was declining fast anyways. But no one complains that Peyton Manning had to pay money back because he didn't complain about it with the Indianapolis Colts because the same thing happened with Peyton Manning has happened with Calvin Johnson.
Good job. Just two friends talking.
Goat right here
This is why the Lions blow as an organization.
In a game between Detroit and Seattle, they had already crowned Calvin as "Megatron" and Richard Sherman declared himself "Optimus Prime"
The best
He should get on the team as a coach this year. Him & Barry. Why? They're going to win the Superbowl, this season. It would be nice to give them a Superbowl ring.
He said he feels like he could be a db coach.. the lions need a db coach. He could turn the secondary around!
Sherm funny asl
Good show Mr Sherman. I watched you from the early days, and hated to see my Bucs go up against you. But you were a great player, ANd set fear in many players. I salute you sir. And I like this podcast, Well done sir.
This is dope respect sherm more, I hated when Calvin had to go up against him every time
I miss Megatron!!
Calvin proves it right there... Stafford threw way too hard. It’s too bad he never learned how to use touch in the red zone. Goff has much better touch if you ask me.
🔥🔥🔥
As a Vikings fan watching Johnson play against Minnesota 2x a year, I would always be thinking during the games, at what point will he just stop playing around & take over the game. Nerve racking...
I don’t have time to listen rn but this will be great. Also he’s in cannabis which is tremendous.
The Michigan Cannabis industry was supposed to be for small businesses and millionaires like Megatron stole the industry from the middle class.
Here is the question I wish they would have talked about: What if the 2014 12-4 Lions beat the Cowboys in the "picked up the PI flag" like they should have, and the Lions went to Seattle that year to play the Hawks instead of Carolina (due to lower seed)? That would have been a GAME, man. The Lions matched up very well with the Seahawks that year. The very next year, they had the "bat it out the endzone" game where Calvin fumbled at the goaline but KJ Wright batted it out the back of the end zone. Lions should have had that one. That one was without Suh, who left for Miami that offseason. What would have a 2014 playoff game looked like between these two? Would have been epic IMO. Much the same way the Packers game was to go to the SB that year.
Without Suh, Tolluck, Fairly & Levy was hurt. 4 major parts of that great defense
I'm glad they mentioned Titus Young, I always said he would've been the next Desean Jackson if he ain't start going crazy 🤣....He was a dawg wr fasho
@10:37 Megatron looks like he smoked some sweet leaf!😁👍🏼👍🏼
Where is his dispo at in the D?
Would be my prized materialistic possession if I had sherm and megas autograph. Hands down
Mic up, Sherm. Will help immensely with the production value.
imagine being the dude calling Calvin during the whole episode🤣
It’s Stafford trying to get Calvin in LA.
Sherman’s wife seems solid , need to experience love like that
I was always anchor leg in 4×400 the worst back breaker because you have to win you can't dog it or you let down the school
Great interview and as a lions fan I feel ashamed that they aren't making any progress with fixing things with Calvin Literally your hall of famer Wr And he can't even enter the facility Wow common Detroit L I hate this city
So did Calvin gain access to the lions facility?
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I don't even have a house and Megatron has his own parking spot there pshhh c'mon ford's make this right
Calvin Johnson was so fucking good man. It was kind of a joke 😂
100 overall
I can’t go today.. I’m weak
When Sherman has no problem referring to a receiver as "THE GREAT", you can cash that check.
Definitely would make a better DB coach
👀I am here
Damn if Calvin would have still been in the game Rodgers wouldn’t be known for getting that Hail Mary. Fuck... lions do right by this man, we’re changing the culture this is another step towards that. Fix the relationship with Calvin ASAP.
I've always respected CJs play I was a closet fan of his and the lions ever since being a little puppy watching Barry Sanders. But I grew up a bears fan so it's always bears first. Even tho the rivalry I couldn't hate Detroit. Detroit is a strange team their record year in and year out doesn't always speak volumes they could have been 3-13 or 3-14 and just like the bears this year 7 of those losses could have been by 1 score or less. The lions are a tough and resilient team just like the bears always seem to be a couple pieces short. And the refs seem to hate da bears and lions for some reason. Hope the lions do right by you CJ much respect oh and P.S. I was at work that one game ( cough the CJ rule game cough) and yes at the time I was happy seeing da bears won til I watched the highlight during the later games ( 2pm where I live) and seen the catch they ruled incomplete I was not happy we won off a poor call I personally feel that was a catch even tho the rule technically states no because of going to the ground their should be better judgement with the going to the ground with how your played out. Good luck, stay positive, you're doing great. Much respect
Don't ever be a landlord... That's too American.
Better to put a team together and put the work in to see the results later on.
Capital... America is a very capitalistic place and the reason why it is so great as black folks to reach this Pinnacle is because for most of this country's history black people were refused capital, it was always made very hard to acquire and the other manipulative cultural game that the Americans play to keep others struggling so it's amazing, the perseverance...
But on a personal note, it's nice to see Calvin in such high spirits because when he first retired he was not doing so well, the very American Detroit Lions made his retirement is difficult as possible and yeah so it's good to see him extend into the cannabis sector and doing things that he decides is best for him
My favorite player coming from a Niner fan this dude was different when the niners sucked I love seeing megatron play
Lions y’all gotta make shit right wit CJ ASAP!!!!!!!!
Not watching, did Megatron say how the Lions offered him back his bonus (even though he didn’t earn it because he retired early) if he just does either 3 hours of charity work, or 3 hours coaching at training camp, because of the NFL rule that doesn’t allow teams to pay players not on their rosters?
Finally, someone who actually gets it.
Then don’t watch 😂😂
Shay and Sherm podcast... I called it 1st...
My wish is that one day he creates a strain and calls it “ mega weed “!! 😂😂
Charles woodson is the goat corner
Lions fans calling him a crybaby now but when he was on that field limping into every gamey’all were happy
I’ve never been happy as a lions fan
Maybe 30+ years ago after their only playoff win