Farewell Jim Johnson
Very sad to learn of the passing of Eagles' Defensive Coordinator Jim Johnson. The transfer of the d coordinator title to Sean McDermott which happened at the beginning of training camp and with much reflection on Jim Johnson's tenure was a subtle but unmistakable sign of the sad fact that Johnson was losing his battle with cancer.
For good reason, Johnson and another defensive coaching legend, Monte Kiffin, are often compared because of both their success and their contemporaneous careers. No offense to Kiffin, and I may be a homer, but Jim Johnson was the defensive mastermind par excellence - the mad blitzing genius - of the NFL for the past 10 years.
The greatest tribute I can give Johnson is to merely remind people that it was Bill Belichick who paid his own respect to Jim Johnson by specifically seeking him out after the November 26, 2007 Eagles-Patriots game to shake his hand. Coincidence that Johnson protege Steve Spagnuola was then the first to beat the Pats that enire season? I think not.
Jim Johnson - Godspeed and farewell.
For good reason, Johnson and another defensive coaching legend, Monte Kiffin, are often compared because of both their success and their contemporaneous careers. No offense to Kiffin, and I may be a homer, but Jim Johnson was the defensive mastermind par excellence - the mad blitzing genius - of the NFL for the past 10 years.
The greatest tribute I can give Johnson is to merely remind people that it was Bill Belichick who paid his own respect to Jim Johnson by specifically seeking him out after the November 26, 2007 Eagles-Patriots game to shake his hand. Coincidence that Johnson protege Steve Spagnuola was then the first to beat the Pats that enire season? I think not.
Jim Johnson - Godspeed and farewell.
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