Calvin Johnson: Detroit doesn't deserve Super Bowl parade if Stafford leads Rams to win
DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 11: Calvin Johnson #81 celebrities breaking the franchise record of the most catches with Matthew Stafford #9 of the Detroit Lions while playing the Arizona Cardinals at Ford Field on October 11, 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. (Phot
LOS ANGELES - As Matthew Stafford gears up for Super Bowl LVI for the Los Angeles Rams, a second fan base is expected to cheer on the veteran quarterback.
Fans of the Detroit Lions, a team Stafford played with for 12 seasons, are expected to join Rams fans in pulling for No. 9 this coming Sunday.
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Say Stafford and his new team beat the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium to give the Rams their first Super Bowl since the 1999 season, first since the team moved back to Los Angeles in 2016, should Detroit sports fans have the right to claim the championship as one of their own?
Of course, we're kidding about a city celebrating another city's championship, but in 2001, the Boston City Hall hosted a celebration for legendary defenseman Ray Bourque when he won the Stanley Cup – as a member of the Colorado Avalanche, not with the Bruins.
390578 03: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ray Bourque and his family raise the Stanley Cup to the crowd June 13, 2001 at City Hall Plaza in Boston MA. Bourque, who played for 20 years with the Boston Bruins, returned to Boston with the Stanley Cup whi
Bourque, like Stafford, racked up plenty of individual accomplishments with the team that drafted him but couldn't get over the postseason hump. But after 22 seasons in the NHL, Bourque finally hosted the Stanley Cup – as a member of the Avalanche and with Bruins fans cheering him on from afar.
390578 02: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ray Bourque raises the Stanley Cup to the crowd June 13, 2001 at City Hall Plaza in Boston MA. Bourque, who played for 20 years with the Boston Bruins, returned to Boston with the Stanley Cup which he finally
With Stafford being one win away from pulling the NFL equivalent of a Ray Bourque, comedian and co-host of Fox Bet Live on FS1 Cousin Sal asked Lions legend and hall-of-fame wide receiver Calvin Johnson if Detroit should throw a parade if the Rams win Sunday.
"Maybe they do have a parade in Detroit, right?" Cousin Sal asked during an episode of the comedian's Against All Odds podcast, prompting Johnson to laugh out loud mid-interview.
"Detroit ain't getting no parade. They don't deserve a parade," Johnson said. "That's LA's parade."
Johnson, however, acknowledged that Stafford is "going to have a lot of love from Detroit. That's for damn sure."
As for the city of Los Angeles, the COVID-19 pandemic robbed Angelenos of getting a chance to enjoy recent championship parades. After the Lakers won the NBA Finals and the Dodgers won the World Series in the fall of 2020, neither of the teams was able to have a celebration parade that year.
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