Calvin Johnson needed Vicodin to play through fina

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Calvin Johnson needed Vicodin to play through fina
Topic Started: Apr 20 2008, 07:59 PM (28 Views)
Deb	Apr 20 2008, 07:59 PM Post #1
The resident Cowboys Chick Posts: 648 Group: SUPER MOD SQUAD Member #211 Joined: February 18, 2007	Did the Lions make a huge mistake? Critics sounded off all year -- they should've drafted Adrian Peterson. They should've drafted Joe Thomas. They should've drafted Patrick Willis. What Johnson didn't want to talk about is the fact that he never got healthy after suffering a deep bone bruise in his lower back in the third game of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles. Johnson continued to play most of the games, but was nowhere near full strength. "I was on meds the rest of the season. I was taking Vicodin twice a game just to get through the game," Johnson said. "I stayed hurt the whole season, probably because I was trying to come back too soon. But I'm not going to be the kind of guy who's going to say, 'I can't do this or this because I'm hurt.' " Fans did not know how severely Johnson was hurt, and it took the coaching staff some time to realize it, too. Then-offensive coordinator Mike "Martz couldn't stand the fact that I wasn't practicing," Johnson said. "When I first got hurt, that Wednesday I was out there in my sweats watching practice and he told me to go run. I said, 'I can't run.' I couldn't even walk fast. I was thinking, 'Why are you telling me to run?' " "He stayed hurt because he kept landing on it," Lions trainer Al Bellamy said. "It kept lingering." After missing one gamethe game after Philly, Johnson was back in the lineup. He entered the starting lineup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and that's when he had one of his most memorable plays. Stiff-arming defenders and shedding would-be tacklers like they were Pop Warner players, Johnson scored on an electrifying 32-yard end around.



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