During Sunday’s loss to the Seahawks, cameras caught Matt Stafford and Calvin Johnson — both playing in their first game in weeks due to injury — having a bit of a verbal spat on the bench. Johnson seemed to be upset about the lack of passes coming his way — I know, such an unusual thing for for a WR to complain about. (Stafford completed 22 passes on the day, two to Johnson — and that’s not counting the five that were caught by Seattle players.) The Detroit media ran with the confrontation, but as SBN’s Pride of Detroit notes, it was all much ado about nothing.
Calvin Johnson, Matthew Stafford Are Just Fine, Thanks For Asking
↵Calvin Johnson said this after the game:
↵↵“I haven’t seen the TV replays, because there’s no reason for me to watch them — we’re fine,” he said. “People are blowing this way out of proportion. Trust me, no one is going to be happy during a game like that. If you win, all this goes out the window.”
↵↵And head coach Jim Schwartz yesterday:
↵↵“There’s no issue there,” Schwartz said. “You always want to be winning games and happy and cheerful, but goodness gracious, if you had a camera on every person on every play, you could try to read between the lines on a million things. There are times you need to talk things out, but there’s no issue here with the players, and I don’t understand why people are trying to create one.”
↵↵See! Nothing wrong here. You know, aside from the usual stuff, like being 1-7.
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