Comments on: CALVIN JOHNSON NEEDED VICODIN TO PLAY http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/ The Best Pro Football Scoop on the Internet Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: empty13 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-18238 empty13 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:13:54 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-18238 all the lions play like they are all tripped out on vicodin. all the lions play like they are all tripped out on vicodin.

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]]> By: chickboom http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-18088 chickboom Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-18088 Hell...what's the big deal. I need 2 xanax a day just to make it through work. And I don't have big mussle mans beatin' me up. Hell…what’s the big deal. I need 2 xanax a day just to make it through work. And I don’t have big mussle mans beatin’ me up.

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]]> By: monger http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17906 monger Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:02:59 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17906 The real question is why is Johnson blabbing about this now? Why isn't his agent talking to him about the right way to go about book deals? The real question is why is Johnson blabbing about this now? Why isn’t his agent talking to him about the right way to go about book deals?

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]]> By: lasher1674 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17833 lasher1674 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17833 Kidekk - Rest assured, the players are taking HGH, but don't be confused that by taking HGH one does not need pain relievers such as vicodin regardless. A percentage of today's football players are guinea pigs for things such as designer steroids, HGH, gene manipulation, etc. And by being the "early adopters" they will pay grave consequences with many suffering early deaths (see professional wrestlers as the cautionary tail). We do not know the long term effects of things such as HGH, so advocating the use of HGH while lamenting the use of vicodin doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Kidekk - Rest assured, the players are taking HGH, but don’t be confused that by taking HGH one does not need pain relievers such as vicodin regardless. A percentage of today’s football players are guinea pigs for things such as designer steroids, HGH, gene manipulation, etc. And by being the “early adopters” they will pay grave consequences with many suffering early deaths (see professional wrestlers as the cautionary tail). We do not know the long term effects of things such as HGH, so advocating the use of HGH while lamenting the use of vicodin doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

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]]> By: Deacon Blues http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17747 Deacon Blues Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:15:11 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17747 As a season ticket holder...it usually takes 4 Vicodin to get me through a Lions home game As a season ticket holder…it usually takes 4 Vicodin to get me through a Lions home game

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]]> By: Slow Joe http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17655 Slow Joe Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:31:10 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17655 I hope his play was due to an injury. I drafted him in the first round in my keeper league last year and rarely got to play him. He HAS to perform this year. My fantasy team has higher performance demands than the Detroit Lions. I hope his play was due to an injury. I drafted him in the first round in my keeper league last year and rarely got to play him. He HAS to perform this year.

My fantasy team has higher performance demands than the Detroit Lions.

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]]> By: JohnnyH http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17646 JohnnyH Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:18:30 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17646 Good thing the Lions aren't playing Philly again this year, he probably would have wound up on herion. Good thing the Lions aren’t playing Philly again this year, he probably would have wound up on herion.

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]]> By: Kidekk http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17635 Kidekk Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:09:23 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17635 So, wait, a player can't take HGH to heal quicker, but the quick fix is okay? I know HGH is illegal if not perscribed, but, really, I'd like to think that the long term effects of constantly pumping football players with pain killers is worse than, say, using HGH for a short period of time after a major injury. Then again, I'm simply a lehman. So, wait, a player can’t take HGH to heal quicker, but the quick fix is okay? I know HGH is illegal if not perscribed, but, really, I’d like to think that the long term effects of constantly pumping football players with pain killers is worse than, say, using HGH for a short period of time after a major injury. Then again, I’m simply a lehman.

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]]> By: spanky07 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17631 spanky07 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:39:26 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17631 Maybe he had 25 million reasons to take the meds, too. Maybe he had 25 million reasons to take the meds, too.

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]]> By: dumlionsfan http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17629 dumlionsfan Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:12:11 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17629 Watching the Lions play is so painful that I've been known to chase more than a handful of vicodins with a beer back. Watching the Lions play is so painful that I’ve been known to chase more than a handful of vicodins with a beer back.

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]]> By: kwsbrother http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17619 kwsbrother Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:14:15 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17619 I think it is crap that the players can't take this supplement or that one, but yet vicodin was used to perform or enhance his performance to the point he was able to play. The league is is very two-faced in this respect. Oh wait, I forget something. The team doctor gave it to him so it is okay. Hmmm...doctor's can prescribe steriords too. Either way, there's always their side of the story. I think it is crap that the players can’t take this supplement or that one, but yet vicodin was used to perform or enhance his performance to the point he was able to play. The league is is very two-faced in this respect. Oh wait, I forget something. The team doctor gave it to him so it is okay. Hmmm…doctor’s can prescribe steriords too. Either way, there’s always their side of the story.

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]]> By: Shackman http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17617 Shackman Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:59:53 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17617 Really, the Favre references are so old it's sickening. That crap happened so many years ago and yet simple minds just refuse to let it go, I guess. Using Brett for a cheap punchline isn't even funny anymore. Just a product of feeble minds who can't come up with anything fresh. Really, the Favre references are so old it’s sickening. That crap happened so many years ago and yet simple minds just refuse to let it go, I guess. Using Brett for a cheap punchline isn’t even funny anymore. Just a product of feeble minds who can’t come up with anything fresh.

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]]> By: go screw http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17614 go screw Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:12:45 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17614 Two vicodin a game. What a light wait Two vicodin a game. What a light wait

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]]> By: PackerSlacker http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17603 PackerSlacker Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:11:13 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17603 Martz's rep just gets worse and worse. Martz’s rep just gets worse and worse.

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]]> By: JoeSixPack http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17596 JoeSixPack Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:55:40 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17596 If only the Lions front office was as forthcoming about the drugs THEY'VE been taking for the last several years... If only the Lions front office was as forthcoming about the drugs THEY’VE been taking for the last several years…

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]]> By: Matt H. http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17595 Matt H. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:48:20 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17595 Sweet Vicodin. Truly the Breakfast of Champions. Sweet Vicodin. Truly the Breakfast of Champions.

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]]> By: Treez http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17594 Treez Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:43:17 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17594 Favre is like the kid who says his dads an astronaut. A bullshitter. He always likes to try and find that one liner that sounds cool as a quote.. but he trys so hard to live up to some simple image, that it all falls apart. Conceit. Favre is like the kid who says his dads an astronaut. A bullshitter. He always likes to try and find that one liner that sounds cool as a quote.. but he trys so hard to live up to some simple image, that it all falls apart. Conceit.

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]]> By: mvlonergan http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17590 mvlonergan Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:33:39 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17590 Just another example of a coach whose body would implode after one game pressuring a young athlete to play through pain in order to improve that coach's chance at success. Hopefully the Lion's take note and don't trade Roy Williams ... then again, it is Matt Millen. Just another example of a coach whose body would implode after one game pressuring a young athlete to play through pain in order to improve that coach’s chance at success. Hopefully the Lion’s take note and don’t trade Roy Williams … then again, it is Matt Millen.

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]]> By: wingnut http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17587 wingnut Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:22:34 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17587 Im so bored it hurts, Brett, no no no I mean Calvin can you hook me up me up with some big V Im so bored it hurts, Brett, no no no I mean Calvin can you hook me up me up with some big V

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]]> By: lasher1674 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17586 lasher1674 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:17:42 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17586 I'll give this kid credit - no the typical diva receiver (see Chad Johnson, Randy Moss, T Owens, et al). Did what he had to do to stay on the field, didn't bitch and was productive. The Martz thing isn't surprising - he is a coach, wants his weapons on the field. Not Martz's job to hand hold the kid, if he is too hurt to play, it is the medical staff that should intervene. I’ll give this kid credit - no the typical diva receiver (see Chad Johnson, Randy Moss, T Owens, et al). Did what he had to do to stay on the field, didn’t bitch and was productive. The Martz thing isn’t surprising - he is a coach, wants his weapons on the field. Not Martz’s job to hand hold the kid, if he is too hurt to play, it is the medical staff that should intervene.

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]]> By: Graham Baird http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17585 Graham Baird Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:16:27 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17585 Isn't stories like this that make the NFL the most popular sport in America? Us fans understand that these men are risking permanent damage (and possibly even death) for the success of the team, its fans and the cities that bear their team's name. CJ should be lauded for recognizing that the Lions paid him $30 million in guaranteed money so that the City of Detroit can escape for 3 hours every Sunday to marvel in his amazing skill and talent..and if he needs pharmeceutical assistance to play, by God, he is going to take it. Cheers, CJ. Isn’t stories like this that make the NFL the most popular sport in America? Us fans understand that these men are risking permanent damage (and possibly even death) for the success of the team, its fans and the cities that bear their team’s name.

CJ should be lauded for recognizing that the Lions paid him $30 million in guaranteed money so that the City of Detroit can escape for 3 hours every Sunday to marvel in his amazing skill and talent..and if he needs pharmeceutical assistance to play, by God, he is going to take it.

Cheers, CJ.

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]]> By: Zoolander http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17581 Zoolander Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:02:45 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17581 Martz was probably the drug dealer and made CJ play to improve his business. Conspiracy, anyone? Martz was probably the drug dealer and made CJ play to improve his business. Conspiracy, anyone?

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]]> By: Vox Veritas http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17579 Vox Veritas Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:51:58 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17579 Favre said he used to take a handful of vicodin, drink beer and stay up all night playing Sega. That's a step beyond taking them so you could play, but I'm sure Favre did that too. Favre said he used to take a handful of vicodin, drink beer and stay up all night playing Sega. That’s a step beyond taking them so you could play, but I’m sure Favre did that too.

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]]> By: wingnut http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17576 wingnut Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:46:01 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17576 Its soooo slow,Im sooo bored, I need take a vicodin... Oh, and one more thing, Is Brett his connection, hahahaha Its soooo slow,Im sooo bored, I need take a vicodin…

Oh, and one more thing, Is Brett his connection, hahahaha

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]]> By: MarkB http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17574 MarkB Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:33:42 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17574 Pussy. Pussy.

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]]> By: TomBradyWoot http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17571 TomBradyWoot Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:18:30 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17571 It'd be a shame if this kid's career is damaged early and we never get to see what he could've been because Martz needlessly pushed him too soon. Hopefully that isn't the case. It’d be a shame if this kid’s career is damaged early and we never get to see what he could’ve been because Martz needlessly pushed him too soon. Hopefully that isn’t the case.

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]]> By: Haunchie http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17569 Haunchie Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:06:50 +0000 http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/20/calvin-johnson-needed-vicodin-to-play/#comment-17569 What, no Lord Favre references? You guys are usually good for that sort of stuff. What, no Lord Favre references? You guys are usually good for that sort of stuff.

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