A Rival’s Influence: Jim Johnson 1941-2009

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Published: July 28, 2009

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... that Jim Johnson, the Eagles defensive coordinators, had passed away.

He fought a more then six-month battle with melanoma, and finally succumb to the disease as it spread to his spine.

He will be greatly missed.

Johnson is best known for his time with the Eagles, however he did spend time with three other NFL teams. He is widely renowned as one of the greatest defensive coordinators in the NFL. He is best known for architecting the modern blitz scheme; particularly his methods of disguising his defenses and keeping the opposing offense off-balance.

Typically when a person passes away in the sports world many articles come out. The writers do a wonderful job and paint beautiful images of the deceased. These articles are typically done in the fashion of a eulogy, however I choose to be different.

Rather then praises his career, which he does undoubtedly deserve, I would like to praise his great influence on other coaches. Steve Spagnuolo, mor...

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