RIP. A genius and a gentleman.


The rest of the NFC can probably rest a little easier now.

7/29/2009 8:52:29 AM

Damn shame.

This guy always ran an exciting D.

Eagles are going to be hurt on D with his passing along with losing Dawkins.

7/29/2009 8:56:45 AM

I agree that there may be a slight decline at first. But the same def is returning 10 starters. Minus Dawkins. The effects shouldn't be that noticeable.

7/29/2009 9:00:14 AM

As an Eagles fan for a while now I always enjoyed watching their defense and the great blitz-schemes that Johnson used, and he truly was an amazing coach and seemed to be a nice guy. Definitely RIP Jim, you'll be missed.

7/29/2009 9:11:08 AM

Damn that sucks....guy was genius......RIP JJ

7/29/2009 9:35:29 AM

I had a ton of respect for the guy

I put JJ, Kiffin, and LeBeau in the same category as legendary defensive minds of our day

7/29/2009 10:44:59 AM

He was pretty damn good. McDermott was there with him a long time though so I imagine he'll be running a very similar D. Still sad to see a guy this awesome and not too old die that way.

7/29/2009 2:32:03 PM

Unbelievably underrated

7/29/2009 10:26:04 PM