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Detroit Lions' Calvin Johnson a first-ballot Hall of Famer? Not so fast

I got an email early Wednesday afternoon from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which announced 130 modern-era nominees for the class of 2021.

No big deal, I thought.

Then I saw the tweet from the Hall that included an image with three of the first-time nominees: Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson and … Calvin Johnson.

Whoa! They included Calvin in this holy trinity? They literally placed him shoulder-to-shoulder with two of the game’s giants, who are guaranteed locks as first-ballot inductees?

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