{"id":327664,"date":"2025-12-07T05:08:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T10:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/calvin-johnson-says-an-mvp-award-cements-matthew-staffords-hall-of-fame-chances"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:45:52","slug":"calvin-johnson-says-an-mvp-award-cements-matthew-staffords-hall-of-fame-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/calvin-johnson-says-an-mvp-award-cements-matthew-staffords-hall-of-fame-chances","title":{"rendered":"Calvin Johnson Says An MVP Award Cements Matthew Stafford&#039;s Corridor Of Fame Possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Calvin Johnson<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Stafford&#8217;s A Hall Of Famer<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">And An MVP Guarantees It!!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-12-07T00:30:31-08:00\">December 7, 2025 12:30 AM PST<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"51.039408866995\">\n<section id=\"cb-db60c47087b097b5f88e45b447ec0ac2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-99a952cc-c671-4325-adfa-ae02ea90b8d8-1316580608-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-99a952cc-c671-4325-adfa-ae02ea90b8d8-1316580608-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Detroit\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/32\/16by9\/2025\/11\/28\/3245de30a2504bc9a4512aff2e35a703_md.jpg\" alt=\"112825_calvin_johnson_stafford_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-db60c47087b097b5f88e45b447ec0ac2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6d08dcea0b0a42665f93266151646cf5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.042553191489\">\n<p>Is<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/matthew-stafford\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Matthew Stafford<\/strong><\/a> a Hall of Famer?? If you ask his favorite target in Detroit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/calvin-johnson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Calvin Johnson<\/strong><\/a>, we will absolutely see the quarterback in Canton one day &#8230; but he tells <strong>TMZ Sports <\/strong>an MVP trophy on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 solidifies his chances.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6d08dcea0b0a42665f93266151646cf5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8e5030e3c9fc2a7227b144e58b8f2b01\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>We spoke with Johnson amid one of Stafford&#8217;s best seasons &#8230; and he said the game &#8220;looks easy to him right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8e5030e3c9fc2a7227b144e58b8f2b01--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-04160275706593f6ecf1326c831a8f26\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251204_7177ef21b30c4eba9b2a938b6f85b46b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:95143dd1-92ca-425f-9d2d-b0e471615ddd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/71\/4by3\/2025\/12\/04\/7177ef21b30c4eba9b2a938b6f85b46b_md.jpg\" alt=\"matthew stafford rams sub getty swipe \" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-04160275706593f6ecf1326c831a8f26--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a6d546289bac9000db75fa6d16c1d303\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s playing good football. He has some great receivers around him. Seems like the offensive line is doing a great job as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a6d546289bac9000db75fa6d16c1d303--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-34f201072ddd44e7616b7cf794aeff43\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Despite a rough game last Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, in which he threw his first interception since Week 3 en route to a 31-28 loss for the Rams, there is still a belief that he is a front-runner for the NFL MVP.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-34f201072ddd44e7616b7cf794aeff43--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1a6f1b47f3911ebcaea544ff5da6493e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The bigger picture, however, is with the 37-year-old creeping closer to hanging up his cleats &#8230; will he end up in the Hall of Fame??<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1a6f1b47f3911ebcaea544ff5da6493e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0a85d8406b71fe1c07597bb1e20f078e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>&#8220;Matthew has a Hall of Fame talent, 100%,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;Matthew&#8217;s able to add that Super Bowl to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9, which is what you look for in the Hall of Fame quarterback. So that&#8217;s one huge bar that he was able to hop over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0a85d8406b71fe1c07597bb1e20f078e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-86c0d6c2ce8a71f5f97482dd4bdb4e2f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251204_cc5d6d4894e54838ae98423b9d640cc7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:95143dd1-92ca-425f-9d2d-b0e471615ddd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cc\/4by3\/2025\/12\/04\/cc5d6d4894e54838ae98423b9d640cc7_md.jpg\" alt=\"matthew stafford calvin johnson sub getty swipe 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-86c0d6c2ce8a71f5f97482dd4bdb4e2f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8f429917d5d58d210e7639ced542dad4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>&#8220;The way he did it as well. Leaving Detroit and doing it in his first year with a better culture, a better team, with better players around him. He just wanted to show that we had the guy in Detroit the whole time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8f429917d5d58d210e7639ced542dad4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cda606081389bf7c3cd61912efb245a9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>While Johnson believes it&#8217;s already cemented, he says that MVP makes it undeniable.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cda606081389bf7c3cd61912efb245a9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8a889a6838110218b5f7146f1b0ee2b0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>With five games left to go &#8230; the Rams still have a lot to play for &#8212; as the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers are tied with L.A. at nine wins apiece.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8a889a6838110218b5f7146f1b0ee2b0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-545b0a8da227844c895958d9199f3e4e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Plenty of time for Matthew to make his statement to win MVP!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-545b0a8da227844c895958d9199f3e4e--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/12\/07\/calvin-johnson-matthew-stafford-mvp-hall-of-fame\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calvin Johnson Stafford&#8217;s A Hall Of Famer And An MVP Guarantees It!!!! 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