Johnson negotiations pick up a bit
Negotiations are starting to pick up between the Lions and the agent for wide receiver Calvin Johnson, the second overall pick in this year’s NFL draft.
But it is still uncertain when Calvin Johnson will report to training camp. He has missed five days of practices.
“We’re making some headway,” Calvin Johnson’s agent, Bus Cook, said this evening. “It’s not like we’re in a stalemate and nobody’s going to talk to anybody.”
Cook said there were numerous phone conversations and e-mail messages between the sides the last day and a half. The sides are starting to talk in more specifics.
“When you’ve got this high of a draft pick, there’s more detail,” Cook said. “It’s a slow go right now. Once we can agree on the structure, then we can move along. Hopefully, it starts moving faster.”
Cook declined to guess when Calvin Johnson might be in camp.
“We’re talking,” Lions chief operating officer Tom Lewand said. “We’re trying to make progress. We continue to work at it. They want this done. We want it done. I think most of all Calvin wants to be here, and we’re going to keep working at it as much as we can.”
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