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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.
00:14And 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.
00:22If I had the same passes, the same opportunity, I could be just I could be just as statistically
00:28successful as Antonio Brown during his heyday in Steelers.
00:32Now I went to, I went to Detroit and we heard about Calvin, Megatron and I'm like, all right,
00:37I'm fighting for the number one position.
00:39And then I quickly found out like that dude is just different.
00:42I 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.
00:53He just had everything.
00:54And it came, it really clicked on me during camp where after hard, after a hard day camp,
01:01we go out there and Calvin was like, hey, hey, do you want to run some gassers?
01:04A gasser is sideline to sideline, back to sideline, it's a half gasser, what we call
01:09it.
01:10And I'm like, yeah, sure.
01:11Why not?
01:12And you know, he says, ready, go.
01:14And 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 forwarding, I'm just like, trying
01:26to keep up with them.
01:27And 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, let's talk about this after, after practice
01:38or 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.
01:43And then my other, the other time that I realized Calvin was just different was that we're running
01:48routes on the air before we get into the real deal of practice quarterback.
01:53And we all run the same route.
01:54And we run a seven or run a go route, which is got the last run, run down the field as
01:59fast as you can.
02:00And Stafford chucks at 30, 40, 50 yards down the field and Calvin just kind of like glides
02:05and his long arms so I'm like, all right, cool, I go right, I go next.
02:13Same exact ball, same quarterback, except for I'm like running my tail off.
02:19And when I get to the route or to the ball, I have to like stop and like full on like
02:23stretch out to catch it.
02:26And I was like, okay, that's what makes him him.
02:28He 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.