Coin Flip May Have Cost Calvin Johnson $7 Million

How much did Friday's coin toss affect the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Not much, really. The prevailing wisdom surrounding the NFL Draft is that Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson was always headed to the Bucs in the first round, regardless of whether the Browns picked ahead of them or not.

However, it may have had a major impact on Johnson's finances. This morning on NFL Network, analyst (and renown thorn in Al Davis' side) Adam Schefter suggested that the coin flip may have cost Johnson $7 million on his rookie contract. He even went as far as to call it, "the most expensive coin flip in the history of sports."

Granted, this ignores the coin flip that sent Magic Johnson to the Los Angeles Lakers and David Greenwood to the Chicago Bulls, but that was an entirely different definition of expensive, wasn't it?

Also, let's not underestimate the utter contempt that Matt Millen has for the people of Detroit. Most pundits think he isn't dumb enough to take yet another receiver with the second pick, but given that the Ford family just won't fire him, he may think he's just that bulletproof and take Johnson 2nd. I would suggest to Johnson that he should high-tail it to Canada with Mike McMahon if that happens. The Fords' only definition of winning is whether or not the team makes a profit. Aren't you glad Malcolm Glazer isn't like that?

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