The Detroit Lions haven't won at Lambeau Field since 1991, but will have wide receiver Calvin Johnson ready to go when they attempt to snap the streak in Week 10. Johnson is officially active for the NFC North matchup.
Calvin Johnson will play against Packers
Despite nursing an ankle injury, the Lions’ top receiver will play at Lambeau.
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Calvin Johnson, the top target for every Lions quarterback since he entered the league in 2007, will play in the Green Bay game despite an ankle injury sustained in Detroit's Week 8 loss to Kansas City in London. A bye week after the trip to England gave Johnson enough time to heal, and he's reportedly good to go despite being listed as questionable.
After missing only four games in his first six seasons, Johnson has been slightly more injury prone as he has aged. The 30-year-old has sat out five games in the last three years and played through several nagging problems. His numbers have also dropped since his record-setting 2012 season, when he caught 122 passes for 1,964 yards, but he was still on pace for 96 catches and 1,318 yards through the first eight games of the season.
With Johnson sporting a salary-cap hit of $24 million in 2016, and the front office and coaching staff being overhauled, speculation has grown as to whether the team’s next full-time general manager will have to cut him to get cap space for a rebuilding project. Another injury added concern as to whether a rebuilding team can afford that much money for a player on the backside of 30, but Johnson is expected to push through.
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