Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has been bothered by a knee injury for much of the season and a report Sunday indicates doctors think surgery is necessary to clear up the problem this offseason.
Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Johnson has a sprained knee with “loose bodies” in it and that doctors have recommended an operation after the season. The final call will be Johnson’s, though, and the players hasn’t made a call yet.
Deadspin recently had a report about Johnson that said he had a partially torn PCL in the knee, although neither Johnson nor anyone else from the Lions has offered a specific comment about the nature of the injury.
Johnson played a somewhat limited role in last week’s overtime loss to the Giants and missed practice all week because of the knee. Johnson was out this week for the Lions final game against the Vikings.
Josh Alper for ProFootballTalk
