Johnson, who set Lions records with 731 catches, 11,619 yards and 83 receiving touchdowns, joked that he wants a recount of the record book. “They ought to add it to my stat sheet,” he said ...

The NFL has encountered controversy over its catch rule and the implications of instant replay since the early 1980s. It wasn't until Calvin Johnson's game-winning touchdown was overturned in 2010 ...

After Week 1 in the NFL, Alex Barron and Calvin Johnson might be contenders for the worst play of the season. Johnson made what appeared to be the game-winning touchdown catch, only to leave the ...

So why have the Lions treated Johnson more like a sidekick through two games? Johnson ranks 49th with 95 receiving yards, fewer than Legedu Naanee and Aaron Hernandez have had in single games ...

Johnson's Catch: Good or Ball Call ... After the Louis Murphy debacle last year and now the Calvin Johnson robbery, it's evident it's time for the NFL to take a look at changing the rule.

(Photo by David Banks/Getty Images) Getty Images The NFL has changed the language of the catch rule this offseason and it caught the attention of a player who was closely linked to the past definition ...

— -- If commissioner Roger Goodell wants to clarify what constitutes a catch in the NFL, Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant is ready to help. Bryant has been haunted by his overturned catch in ...

next week, none of which attempt to clarify the Calvin Johnson Rule of what is and isn't a catch. "We’ve spent an exorbitant amount of time during the off-season (discussing it)," NFL executive ...

Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson seemed to bend the rules of physics again on Thursday night against the Green Bay Packers. On his first-half touchdown catch, Johnson (6-5, 237 lbs.) ...