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Can a healthy Johnson help restore Lions' roar?

Detroit Lions safety Glover Quin got a laugh from the way the Dallas Cowboys' season ended in January. He would've preferred a wild-card win instead.

One week after officials' decision to pick up a flag helped the Cowboys rally to oust the Lions, Dallas' playoff run came to an end at Green Bay with help from an equally controversial call: a Dez Bryant catch overturned on the rule named for Lions star Calvin Johnson.

"Very, very, very ironic how that happens," Quin joked in a recent phone conversation with USA TODAY Sports, before turning more serious. "Obviously, everybody looks at that one play.