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Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson heeds advice from Lance Moore

Published Jun. 9, 2015 1:30 p.m. ET

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Lance Moore recognizes Calvin Johnson's role in the Detroit Lions offense as the same one Marques Colston played when he was with the New Orleans Saints. However, with Moore's assistance, Johnson can amount to so much more under offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi, who came over from New Orleans before the 2014 season.

Since joining the Lions as a free agent earlier this offseason, Moore has been providing Johnson with advice and helpful tips, according to the team website.

"It’s going to be pretty crazy, a second year in this offense," Moore told Lions senior writer Tim Twentyman about Johnson's 2015 potential. "I'm trying to help him with a few little things route-wise that I think can help him a whole lot and make his job a lot easier out there."

Moore is only two years older than Johnson and far less accomplished, yet the receiver known as Megatron is not shutting out his 5-foot-9, 190-pound teammate. Instead, Johnson is welcoming the help and embracing his newborn relationship with Moore.

"He (Moore) came in right away giving me and everyone tips on how to run certain routes and how you can—not deviate—but make adjustments so everything doesn’t look the same to the DBs that maybe have seen it before," Johnson told the Lions website. "That was a big help to me and it worked right away, some of the things he taught me. You see him doing it and you know it works. It’s cool to have a guy who’s been in the offense that can give me those tools. It’s always good to have someone you can pull off of and gain knowledge from. He’s that guy."

While Moore struggled through a single season with the Pittsburgh Steelers last year, Johnson eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards for the fifth-consecutive season, even though he missed three games with an ankle injury. Both players aim to have a larger impact with the Lions in 2015.

(h/t Detroit Lions)

Photo Credit: Tim Fuller/Contract Photographer

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