The Detroit Lions have had a complicated relationship with Calvin Johnson lately, but that doesn't mean the wideout has any ill-will towards the fans who cheered him on with the team for years. Over the weekend, Johnson was around town to tout his Michigan Youth Flag Football game, and was asked by the media about his time in the city, the welcome he receives and what could be next as it relates to a relationship between the parties.

Johnson's answers? Courteous, but still not exactly complete as it relates to the potential for him to get involved with the team and make nice in the immediate future.

"I love the fans, I'm still here in Detroit. I still live in Detroit. I get to see the people of Detroit day in, day out. So I appreciate the love they have for me and my time that I was here," Johnson said when asked by Fox 2's Jennifer Hammond about his feelings on the fans.

Specifically, Johnson was also pressed on the relationship he currently shares with the team, and if he could one day be returning to the Lions to get involved in team alumni events. Megatron still wasn't willing to go that far, but did seem to leave the door open by giving the media an open-ended answer.

"We'll see. We'll see how that goes. Right now, I'm not really here to talk about the Lions," Johnson said. "It's about flag football. These things that were doing here in this community, dealing with these kids, teaching them this sport and just having a lot of fun doing it. I'm just trying to dump everything I've learned in my years, pour it into them and see how much they can retain."

Johnson was then asked if he had any contact with the team recently, and he didn't want to talk about that end of things, either.

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"I'm not here to talk about the Lions. I understand folks want to talk abut the Lions, but that time has passed for me, and I'm moving forward," Johnson said honestly.

Since last year when he revealed the Lions made him pay back money upon his retirement, Johnson has been embattled in a bit of a public feud with the team. While taking a trip to Italy prior to the start of last season, this seemed to come to a head when Johnson said he was feeling stuck with the Lions. Detroit invited him to their subsequent training camp, but he elected to go with the Oakland Raiders given their former offensive coordinator was a friend from his time in Detroit.

Many Lions fans have had hard feelings since, but as time passes, the bet is that things will cool down a bit between the sides. That's not going to happen just yet, but in the meantime, it's nice to hear about the relationship Johnson still shares with the fans who adored him in the city.