Calvin Johnson Getting Lost in Winless Shuffle

Remember this guy? The 6'5" freak of nature who was faster, stronger, jumped higher, and ran harder than anyone else at the 2007 combine? Meet Calvin Johnson. I'm sure you have all been acquainted before, you may have just forgotten. I remember some of you were lamenting at draft time because Matt Millen took another first-round wide receiver. Then there were those who said he couldn't carry the load as a No. 1 receiver (yet), that he was only putting up numbers because Roy Williams took the pressure off. The rest of you have either quietly been wearing your No. 81 jerseys, or stopped talking about him altogether. The only nouns uttered around the league in reference to the Detroit Lions this year are "Millen," "Rod Marinelli," "Drew Stanton," "winless season," "draft picks" and, most recently, "Daunte Culpepper." I understand. It's hard to look at bright spots when you love a team this much that plays this bad. Or when you're an objective sports fan who could care less about a team ... (link)