The Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions will wrap up the opening month of the 2024 NFL common season with a Monday Night time Soccer showdown in Motown, and it’ll be an important day for the Lions group.
Legendary vast receiver Calvin Johnson has one way or the other made it into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame earlier than his personal staff’s Ring of Honor, however that might be rectified this 12 months. At halftime of the Seahawks-Lions recreation, ‘Megatron’ would be the newest inductee into Detroit’s “Pleasure of the Lions.”
Right here’s some cool video of Johnson discovering this information out:
Calvin Johnson’s title will now be within the rafters at Ford Subject. He was simply shocked by Mike Disner and Lomas Brown that he might be inducted into the Pleasure of the Lions throughout Monday Night time Soccer towards the Seahawks.
Congrats @calvinjohnsonjr, properly deserved!! pic.twitter.com/t76Y5f8g6S
— Jeanna Trotman (@JeannaTrotmanTV) July 15, 2024
Why wasn’t he already within the “Pleasure of the Lions” when he’s been within the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame since 2021? Properly, it’s a bit difficult. When Johnson retired on the finish of the 2015 season, the Lions wished Johnson to repay his complete $1.6 million signing bonus again after he didn’t full his contract.
The rift between the Lions group and Johnson led to Calvin not attending any Lions video games or team-related occasions till 2023, when he attended Detroit’s 37-31 time beyond regulation loss to the Seahawks. It seems to be like every part is all patched up between the 2 sides and it’s culminated in his Ring of Honor induction.
As an apart, Megatron solely performed three video games towards the Seahawks, catching 12 passes for 129 yards and 0 touchdowns. There was that one time he nearly scored a landing, however nearly doesn’t depend.
Whereas Calvin Johnson is among the all-time greats and it’ll little doubt be an emotional, playoff-like environment because of his induction, that doesn’t imply the Seahawks might be fascinated about rolling over. Final 12 months the Lions unveiled the Barry Sanders statue outdoors Ford Subject earlier than the Seahawks recreation, and we all know how that recreation ended. When Sept. 30 rolls round it’s time to do extra occasion spoiling!
