Calvin Johnson Will Get 2000 Yards Receiving This Season

[BuckNakedinBama]

Sure he might get 2000, but about 800 of those are when the defense is up 10+ points in 4th quarter and defenses are playing prevent.

[TTexasTT]

Not even possible in almost any type of scenario you try to draw OP.

He'll never touch 2,000, this is the NFL not Arena Football (even though the league is turning into one).

Idiot exposed as potato

[blahblahblahh]

Sure he might get 2000, but about 800 of those are when the defense is up 10+ points in 4th quarter and defenses are playing prevent.

And the first 1200 would have been with double coverage on him the whole time, so it would even out if you follow your logic.

[Goby]

lol the NFL is becoming such a joke

Pretty soon 1500 yards will be average with all the ways defenders are minimized.

Still CJ is great either way but damn when you can barely play D wtf is a DB supposed to do?

[thedodger]

OP almost on dat dere wizard status.

We are all witnesses.

[Zylantypic]

Idiot exposed as potato

You don't even football, go hunt deer and screw your relatives *******.

NFL defense not even once.

[problemz]

Fellow wizard..GJDM.

[EarnIt]

You don't even football, go hunt deer and screw your relatives *******.

NFL defense not even once.

u mad bro?

[JMath]

lol the NFL is becoming such a joke

Pretty soon 1500 yards will be average with all the ways defenders are minimized.

Still CJ is great either way but damn when you can barely play D wtf is a DB supposed to do?

That's the way the league is now. They still say "he was a thousand yard rusher last year" when really reaching 1000 is nothing. At least half the teams on the league have a 1000 yard rusher and/or a 1000 yard receiver.

[dex26]

Calvin will break 2,000 yards next week and you'll never see another receiver do it again.


Also i think it's safe to say, the Madden Curse doesn't exist.

[JMath]

Calvin will break 2,000 yards next week and you'll never see another receiver do it again.


Also i think it's safe to say, the Madden Curse doesn't exist.

Lol. Will be bumping one of the threads that everyone said he was effected by the curse. Just gotta wait and make sure he doesn't suffer a career ending injury on the last play of the last game.

[Big_Pete1000]

How the **** does someone catch 2,000 yards yet they can barely win a game. Seems like with all the yards and TD's they would have scored more.

[charity4thepoor]

2nd best WR in the NFL right now doin work

good job megaman

[Zuus]

2nd best WR in the NFL right now doin work

good job megaman

........who could possibly be ahead of him?

[dex26]

........who could possibly be ahead of him?

People want to say AJ Green, whom wishes to be as good as Calvin. Just look at his game vs the Steelers. 1 catch... 1 catch vs that seconday is sad. Especially if you want to call him a top 2 or top 3 receiver.

Calvin is easily the best in the game and will go down as the best ever. The one and only to ever to get 2,000 yards receiving. Better soak it in because in your life time you will never see it again.

[dex26]

How the **** does someone catch 2,000 yards yet they can barely win a game. Seems like with all the yards and TD's they would have scored more.

You don't watch many lions games i take it. What makes it even more special is what he is doing with the team is playing with. This offense is nothing without Calvin. He is the offense and yet defenses still can't stop him.

[theACEofSPADES]

I dont think he'll break 2000 yards but I say he'll defiantly have the most receiving yards in a season before he's done

Not gonna lie, never did I think a WR would hit 2K. I'm glad it's Calvin though

[EastCoastNiner]

I love the people that always act like the records being broken today aren't that impressive and that it was more impressive in past decades.

For this particular situation, people seem to forget that years ago:

1. WR's could push off and gain much better position than today.

2. If a WR caught a ball and was pushed out before getting inbounds, it was still a completion.

3. Teams stacked the box a lot more leaving less DB's in coverage.


It goes on an one, but at the end of the day it almost evens out with the pro's and con's from each era.

[AppleCat]

To sort of go along with the post above^, I was curious as to what Jerry Rice's number of targets were in 1995 - I keep seeing that Calvin is on the most pass-happy team in a pass happy league.

Rice (1995): 122 rec, 1848 yards, 15 TD
Johnson (2012): 117 rec, 1892 yards, 5 TD


Johnson has 117 catches on 190 targets. I was just curious how many Rice had - I don't know where to look (as I don't know when they started keeping track of the stat). I guess it would also be interesting to see who had a higher % of targets of the QBs passes.



Edit:

49ers (1995): 432-644 passing
Lions (2012): 421-698 passing

Just looking at receptions since I can't see targets, the percentage of receptions that went to each receiver seems very similar.

[charity4thepoor]

........who could possibly be ahead of him?

[Zuus]

lol ultimate homer status achieved

[theACEofSPADES]

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pls go

[charity4thepoor]

pls go

brb starting 8 games.
brb gonna break 1000 yards today (season is 16 games long, so, he would be breaking 2000 next week along with calvin if he didn't deal w/ a retarded coaching staff)
also
BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR BITCHES

[theACEofSPADES]

brb starting 8 games.
brb gonna break 1000 yards today (season is 16 games long, so, he would be breaking 2000 next week along with calvin if he didn't deal w/ a retarded coaching staff)
also
BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR BITCHES

Stop trying to troll man, it's not working. Took him THIRTEEN games to get to where he's at, it's not like he ONLY played in 8 games starting or not. Not to mention you can't just multiply stats by two and say he'd be breaking 2K, that's just idiotic

[HamMach1]

That's the way the league is now. They still say "he was a thousand yard rusher last year" when really reaching 1000 is nothing. At least half the teams on the league have a 1000 yard rusher and/or a 1000 yard receiver.

It really isn't that impressive. That's 62.5 yards a game.

Now 2,000 yards... that ****'s impressive lol

[phillyfreak7]

You don't even football, go hunt deer and screw your relatives *******.

NFL defense not even once.

A few pages back you gave me crap for talking up the Eagles this season, how I'm some "pseudo-intellectual". Oh man, how the tables have turned! I love watching the Giants! Man, it's gonna be SWEET when the Eagles actually beat them next week.

[Shortstop36]

Good **** OP.

It's funny how the stupidest people on the misc disagreed with you. These guys go 1/50 on predictions i swear.

[blahblahblahh]

Looks like he needs 36 more, 10:47 left in the game. Time to go full chuck it to megatron mode.

[Beasly3333]

Lions are losing by at least 2 possessions finally...so you know what time it is?

TIME FOR MEGATRON BEAST MODE!! RACK UP THOSE YARDS AND LOSE THE GAME!!! WOOOO 2,000!!!

[iamgenus]

Damn impressive. Didn't expect the Lions to suck so bad this year and throw so much. Everything fell into place for him with injuries to other receivers, always playing from behind still didn't think he could do it.

Props to OP.