Smylie Kaufman Asks Golden Tate About Learning From Megatron

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00:00What were some of the attributes you picked up from Calvin Johnson in your time in Detroit?

00:07You talk about someone who's special and makes the game look so incredibly easy, Calvin Johnson.

00:15And I'm not one to ever, you know, when I played, I never thought there was anyone better

00:19than me in anything.

00:20I just felt like I could do everything.

00:23If I had the same passes, the same opportunity, I could be just I could be just as statistically

00:29successful as Antonio Brown during his heyday in Steelers.

00:33Now I went to, I went to Detroit and we heard about Calvin, Megatron, I'm like, all right,

00:38I'm fighting for the number one position.

00:39And then I quickly found out like that dude is just different.

00:43I mean, to be that, to be that lanky and also be that fast, but also be able to jump out

00:50out of Ford Field and also have those long arms.

00:54He just had everything.

00:55And it came, it really clicked on me during camp where after hard, after a hard day camp,

01:02we go out there and Calvin was like, Hey, do you want to run some gassers or gassers

01:05sideline to sideline back to sidelines, a half gasser, what we call it.

01:10And I'm like, yeah, sure, why not?

01:12And you know, he says, ready, go.

01:15And he starts going and he just looks like he's just like, you know, like the slow motion

01:19Baywatch, like, yeah.

01:23And then me, on the other hand, it's like, you're fast forward.

01:26And I'm just like, trying to keep up with them.

01:28And he's like, trying to have conversations like, yo, G, so what'd you think of practice

01:31day?

01:32Anything that you saw from him?

01:34Like, bro, I'm trying to keep up with you.

01:36Let's talk about this after practice or after we get done running.

01:39And like, that's when I realized, okay, he's just got a gift that I just don't have.

01:44And then my other, the other time that I realized Calvin was just different.

01:48It's like, we're running routes on air before we get into the real deal of practice quarterback.

01:54And we all run the same route.

01:55And we run a seven or run a go route, which is got the last run is run down the field

01:59as fast as you can.

02:00And Stafford chucks at 3040 50 yards down the field and Calvin just kind of like glides

02:06and his long arms.

02:07So I'm like, Alright, cool, I go right, I go next.

02:13Same exact ball, same quarterback, except for I'm like running my tail off.

02:20When I get to the route to the ball, I have to like stop and like full on like stretch

02:24out to catch it.

02:26And I said, Okay, that's what makes him him.

02:29He just does things that people just physically cannot do because he's so gifted.

02:33And that's when I realized, okay, Megatron is a beast.