Tampa Bay Buccaneers
George Johnson might not be a Buccaneer had his previous team, the Detroit Lions, not played Tampa Bay and its NFC South rivals last season.
You see, it was during video study of the Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons that Bucs defensive line coach Joe Cullen first took notice of the 6-foot-4, 265-pound Johnson.
“I was watching the Detroit tape and I knew who 90, 91 and 94 were,” Cullen said, citing the jersey numbers of defensive linemen Ndamukong Suh, Jason Jones and Ezekiel Ansah, respectively. “But I didn’t know who 93 was.