New York Post

Former player is not Lion low

- JALEN JOSE

He helped change the NFL with one hand. And now the Hall of Fame wide receiver is making major inroads into the medical cannabis space. Calvin Johnson, a k a Megatron, joined “Renaissanc­e Man” to dish on Atlanta strip clubs, NIL (name image and likeness) and which linebacker’s hits he can still feel in his bones.

But first, if he had been able to join another team during his career, where would he have gone?

“Any team with a great quarterbac­k,” he told me. “At the time, I saw Aaron Rodgers so much . . . and I love the history behind Lambeau and really just playing in the North Division . . . Rodgers was probably at the top of my list. Obviously Brady, but I didn’t have an opportunit­y to.”

He is now a Detroiter, but Calvin is a true product of the Georgia Bible Belt. He grew up with an educator mother and a railroad worker father. He was required to maintain good grades in order to compete and his grandfathe­r is a preacher.

But he isn’t afraid to talk about Atlanta’s best feature: the strip clubs.

“I’ve been to every single one there is in Atlanta. I haven’t been to a strip club for a while though. Back when I was playing, when I was a little younger, I was in the Onyx, the Magic City . . . Platinum 21 before the name change. Cheetah every now and then because they had good food.”

Speaking of dancing, Calvin competed on “Dancing With the Stars” in 2016 and it led to a few revelation­s. First: Dancing isn’t easy.

“If you ask me to do it again, I’ll probably say, “No,” because I didn’t know how much work went into it. But like I told you earlier, whatever I’m gonna do, I’m gonna work my tail off of doing it . . . I was going to quit the show because my ankles were so bad,” he said.

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