The New England Patriots featured an interesting defensive wrinkle when the faced the Houston Texans, but everyone should have expected it to happen. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is a defensive mastermind and the change was simple, elegant, and effective.
How do you defeat that which you do not understand?
This is a short story of cornerback Leonard Johnson and how he became your favorite member of the Patriots in just a couple short hours.
Johnson was undrafted out of Iowa State in 2012 before latching on with his hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers for three years and an offseason, acting as the team's top nickel corner.