If he was bitter, you would not accuse him. If he was jealous. If he has a big time of FOMO.
Patrick Johnson spent a training camp with Eagles last year, built a 53 -member roster and then played a photo of 26 special teams in the season opening against the packers in Sao Paulo.
A few days later, Eagles released Johnson to make a place for Backup Center Nick Gates with the intention of signing Johnson to the practice squad.
But the jinn claimed it, Johnson spent the season with the residents of 3-14 NFC East Seller and saw the team that started the season with the super bowel win.
When his friends and former colleagues were clinging to the chiefs in New Orleans, Johnson was watching the game on TV in New York.
“Since the Eagles played a lot of prime time games, and then I played a lot of games at 1 o’clock, so I was able to watch each game,” said Johnson. “I kept in touch with all the boys here, so it was always cool to see what they were doing.”
The Eagles signed Johnson in March when the free agency opened, and is now in its fifth training camp with the team, which drafted it in the seventh round in 2021.
“This ended the end of a solid year for me,” Johnson said after the practice on Tuesday. ” “I had the opportunity to go to New York and play a lot of balls. And obviously, they went to the super bowl, they finished the win. I cheered them all the time.
“I still love the city, people, players, front office and goods. If I hated my heart for this place, I would not come back. But since I returned, they were all good for me so I was happy that they got the championship last year.”
Johnson, who is an Edge Russian in terms of trade, played only 46 snaps in defense with the jinn, but he played 263 on special teams, which has been bread and butter since entering the league. It has played 1,155 special teams as a pro, but only 408 defensive snaps, most of them in their first two season.
Although he played only one game for Eagles last year, he found a super bowl ring. He may be the first player in the history of the NFL to be part of 14 losses and still get a super bowl ring.
“Yes, I was very excited,” he said. “Since I had to play the first game of the year with the team, I got a ring. So love.”
Johnson became an independent agent after the last season ended, and he did not hesitate to re-join the Eagles, a year, signing a $ 1.275 million contract-a slightly less than a few-day independent agency.
Why come back?
“Only people, dude,” he said. “It starts with the (start) Front Office, Mr (Jeffrey) Lori and Hoi (Rose Man). They just work here. And so has always been a good relationship with your people. I have always been here for five years and matters have not changed at all.”
Johnson is only one of the seven players to draft Eagles in 2021 or before, as well as Lane Johnson in 2013, Dallas Guiderrt in 2018 and Jordan Melta in 2018, Jillian Hort in 2020 and Donuta Smith in 2021 and Landen Deckers.
He is now 27 years old and is one of the oldest defense players. Only Cornerback Perry Perry Nicerson (30), Edge Ogbo Okaronco (30), former Giants team partner Adori ‘Jackson (29) and Jack Bone (28) are younger.
Johnson is fighting for the roster spot as a depth and special team, but it is no different from every year. For a boy like this, the prediction games are very high, the link starts with Bengal on Thursday night.
“I am fighting for 2021, the seventh round boy on the roster,” he said. “So I know that while going to the forecast games, you have to do everything you can, you have to show whatever you have as a player.
“The more you can, the better. And I think you can do all this. And don’t worry about the outside, because whatever you are doing in the field is the one who is careful.”
