Welcome to the second edition of a new countdown-oriented player profile series we are spinning out here at Musket Fire. Yesterday, it was 99 days until the New England Patriots open 2015 so we took a gander at the owner of the No. 99 jersey, Dominique Easley. Because we are now 98 days away from Week 1, we’re going to profile No. 98, defensive lineman Antonio Johnson.
Of the three players the Patriots signed this past New Year’s Eve, Johnson is the eldest veteran. Before departing Tennessee with an injury settlement last season (he didn’t play a snap in the 2014 regular season), Johnson put together five years as a Colt and a sixth as a Titan.