The Detroit Lions brought in quarterback Josh Johnson less than a week before their second preseason game against the Houston Texans, and it showed. Johnson floundered, and it was a glaring fault considering how well backup quarterback Tom Savage played in Week 1 before suffering a concussion.
First impressions stick, and from that point on it didn’t seem like anything Johnson could do would turn around his fate so long as Savage returned to full health. At the end of the day, however, a stellar fourth preseason game lifted Johnson above Savage in the 11th hour, allowing him to claim the backup job.