Brian Billick knows a thing or two about NFL receivers.
He was offensive coordinator at Minnesota when Randy Moss broke in with the Vikings.
Moss went on to have a brilliant career with Minnesota and he's still one of the league's most dangerous receivers now that he's moved on to the New England Patriots.
It sounded like Billick was having flashbacks to his days with Moss while he was broadcasting the Lions' game with Cincinnati on Sunday.
The reason? Detroit receiver 
When Johnson got behind the Bengals' secondary to haul in a pass from quarterback
"He's one of the most dynamic receivers in the league," Billick said. "Don't let him get behind you. He's like Randy Moss."
On the touchdown play, Johnson used his tremendous speed to get a couple steps on Cincinnati's Chris Crocker.
Billick also mentioned Calvin Johnson in the same breath as another fine receiver named Johnson -- Houston's Andre.
"He's the caliber of Andre Johnson," Billick said.
That's not a bad comparision, either. Andre Johnson has had four 1,000-yard receiving seasons, including this year, and twice has caught more than 100 passes in a season.
Calvin Johnson put on quite a show on a frigid Sunday at Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium. It was a performance that would have made both Moss and Andre Johnson proud.
He caught six passes for 123 yards. He had one touchdown and set up
"That's what he does. Go get balls like that," said Lions coach Jim Schwartz. "It gave us a chance. Daunte made a nice throw, put it up to him, (and) he came down with it."
No one could fault Johnson's effort, but the former Georgia Tech standout was still frustrated at the end of the game.
"We didn't capitalize on those opportunities," Johnson said, referring to an interception by
Even though the Lions are 2-10, Johnson sees progress.
"There's a bunch of positive things that we've done this season, but we just haven't been able to do all those things in the same game. If we get everybody on the same page, we'll be all right."
One of the positives that Johnson talked about after the game was the way the defense forced turnovers.
All three of them were the result of key plays by the secondary, which has struggled at times this season. There were the two interceptions. The fumble by Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer was caused when cornerback
James said that the secondary came into the game on a mission. They weren't pleased with some of the comments that came from the Bengals' loquacious receiver, Chad Ochocinco.
"We wanted to come in this game and establish a physical presence," James said. "Our defense has always prided itself on being physical, so knowing that they had Ochocinco talking a lot during the week, (Louis) Delmas, Marvin (White), myself and Phil all decided that we were going to let them have a little something."
The secondary also made its presence felt in the running game.
"In this defense, the corners are asked to cover and support on the run," James said. "You know that when they put some formations out there, this is the play that you're going to have to support. That happened a couple of times today and I think the corners did a good job coming up."
In 12 games this season -- he missed two full games and most of another with a knee injury -- Johnson has 47 receptions for 730 yards and four touchdowns.
However, when asked about his goals for the remaining four contests, Johnson wasn't concerned about padding his own statistics.
"I can't call out anything besides getting a 'W,'" he said. "When we win, good things happen to everybody and we'll achieve the goals that we want to achieve."
