[CBFF] Then there were 5...

[Jim Ferolie]

Yeah, terms, by the way were sick. According to Schefter: $55.5/6 - $27

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Madsen" <jerrywm at gmail.com>


> Friday, August 3, 2007
> Rookie Johnson signs with Detroit after week-long holdout
>
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> ESPN.com news services
>
> ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Rookie wide receiver Calvin Johnson signed a
> six-year deal with the Detroit Lions on Friday, ending the No. 2
> overall pick's eight-day holdout.
>
>
> Terms of the deal are not yet known.
>
> Johnson's signing allowed him to get into camp by 9 a.m. Friday for
> workouts Friday. Fellow wideout Roy Williams said a day earlier that
> "the rookie needs to get in here."
>
> Johnson was regarded by some as the best player in the draft after
> catching 78 passes for 1,202 yards and 15 touchdowns during his
> All-America junior season at Georgia Tech. He won the Biletnikoff
> Award, given to the nation's top college receiver.
>
> The Lions, 3-13 last season, in April made Johnson the fourth receiver
> taken with their first pick in the past five drafts.
>
> "He's going to be a big part of getting us to where we want to go,"
> Lions president Matt Millen said after Johnson was drafted.
>
> The Lions are 24-72 and have missed the playoffs every season since
> Millen joined the front office in 2001. The soft-spoken Johnson
> figures to get ample opportunities in offensive coordinator Mike
> Martz's pass-happy scheme.
>
> Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
>
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