Calvin Johnson: If ankle doesn’t improve, team could sit him at some point
By Ernie Padaon
Sep 21, 2014; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (81) after the game against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Detroit won 19-7. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports
The Detroit Lions gave a great update on the status of Calvin Johnson today. The update basically gave us absolutely no information at all.
Here is what they gave us:
Caldwell said if Calvin Johnson doesn't improve there is a chance of sitting him for a week at some point. #Lions
— Michael Rothstein (@mikerothstein) October 3, 2014
Basically, if Johnson’s ankle doesn’t get better, he COULD sit for a week and rest it. Well thank you very much for telling me the things that he COULD do!
Johnson is a trooper and will fight to get on the football field. They really should give him a rest for a week if that will make sure that he is better for the rest of the season. Is it better to have him for the coming week at [insert random number here] percent or have him back to “full health” for the rest of the season?
If the team wants to wait, they have 4 weeks until the BYE week comes up. They could bench him the week before and give him a couple of weeks to sit on it, but that would keep him out of the game against the Atlanta Falcons.