Yesterday, the football world lost a great figure in Jim Johnson. Johnson, 68, died of melanoma skin cancer that he has been dealing with for years. The Eagles defensive coordinator helped them get to 3 straight NFC Championship games (4 in total) and a Super bowl in 2006. Johnson has spent the last 10 years of his 32-year career in football as the Eagles' defensive coordinator since 1999, and he resigned in May. He was a portentous piece in the Eagles turnaround as he got to Philly when Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb did. As an Eagles fan, I will miss him and thank him for everything he has done for the team. Although Sean McDermott, who has been with the Eagles since 1998, seems like a good replacement, no one can replace Jim Johnson, and it will be a struggle for the Eagles for the first few games listening to someone call plays who isn't Johnson.
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