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00:00What were some of the attributes you picked up from Calvin Johnson in your time in Detroit?
00:07You talk about someone who's special and makes the game look so incredibly easy, Calvin Johnson.
00:15And I'm not one to ever, you know, when I played, I never thought there was anyone better
00:19than me in anything.
00:20I just felt like I could do everything.
00:23If I had the same passes, the same opportunity, I could be just I could be just as statistically
00:29successful as Antonio Brown during his heyday in Steelers.
00:33Now I went to, I went to Detroit and we heard about Calvin, Megatron, I'm like, all right,
00:38I'm fighting for the number one position.
00:39And then I quickly found out like that dude is just different.
00:43I mean, to be that, to be that lanky and also be that fast, but also be able to jump out
00:50out of Ford Field and also have those long arms.
00:54He just had everything.
00:55And it came, it really clicked on me during camp where after hard, after a hard day camp,
01:02we go out there and Calvin was like, Hey, do you want to run some gassers or gassers
01:05sideline to sideline back to sidelines, a half gasser, what we call it.
01:10And I'm like, yeah, sure, why not?
01:12And you know, he says, ready, go.
01:15And he starts going and he just looks like he's just like, you know, like the slow motion
01:19Baywatch, like, yeah.
01:23And then me, on the other hand, it's like, you're fast forward.
01:26And I'm just like, trying to keep up with them.
01:28And he's like, trying to have conversations like, yo, G, so what'd you think of practice
01:31day?
01:32Anything that you saw from him?
01:34Like, bro, I'm trying to keep up with you.
01:36Let's talk about this after practice or after we get done running.
01:39And like, that's when I realized, okay, he's just got a gift that I just don't have.
01:44And then my other, the other time that I realized Calvin was just different.
01:48It's like, we're running routes on air before we get into the real deal of practice quarterback.
01:54And we all run the same route.
01:55And we run a seven or run a go route, which is got the last run is run down the field
01:59as fast as you can.
02:00And Stafford chucks at 3040 50 yards down the field and Calvin just kind of like glides
02:06and his long arms.
02:07So I'm like, Alright, cool, I go right, I go next.
02:13Same exact ball, same quarterback, except for I'm like running my tail off.
02:20When I get to the route to the ball, I have to like stop and like full on like stretch
02:24out to catch it.
02:26And I said, Okay, that's what makes him him.
02:29He just does things that people just physically cannot do because he's so gifted.
02:33And that's when I realized, okay, Megatron is a beast.