Calvin Johnson would be the third best wide receiver on the team when he played for Dallas? Wonder whether the Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan wants to pick up this comment he made last week, after fourth quarter 34-30 loss to Dallas to Johnson, Detroit Lions on Sunday.
Johnson caught a pair of fourth quarter touchdown pass from defender Matthew Stafford to help ignite the Lions to their second consecutive dramatic victory return. He joined Chris Carter as the only players in NFL history with two touchdown catches in four consecutive games and is the only player to do so in the first four games of the season.
The Lions trailing 27-3 at the beginning of the third quarter and 30-17 going into the fourth. Johnson reached over three defenders on a 23-yard touchdown in the 13:37 character to cut the deficit to 30-24 and made the game-winning catch two yards against hard cover with 12 Cowboys defenders on the field, with the remaining 1:39.
"He got really respect him for not the best receiver on his team," Stafford said Johnson. Ryan "throws a few guys on him here and there."
A week earlier, Lviv was 20-point half-time deficit to 26-23 overtime victory over the Minnesota Vikings. And the return of the victory came on the road to Lviv, where now there is a club-record five-game road winning series. They also have won eight straight regular season games, the best in the NFL right now, and are one of only two remaining assured commands.
Nevertheless, Johnson knows the Lions are playing with fire, depending on late rallies to win matches. "We still have a lot of things to clean up," said Johnson, who finished with eight catches for 96 yards against Dallas. "The way we started in the past two weeks, it really is unacceptable."
In all fairness, Ryan, a handful of Cowboys were good receipt numbers. Dez Bryant had three catches for 37 yards and two touchdown, Jason Witten, made eight catches for 94 yards and one goal, and Laurent Robinson had seven catches for 116 yards.
However, Johnson was unbeatable when it concerned the most.
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