Josh Johnson is the quintessential NFL backup quarterback, well-traveled but rarely used. So rarely used, in fact, that he hasn’t appeared in an NFL game since 2013. Johnson has not thrown an NFL pass since 2011, when he went 19-of-36 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The New York Giants are Johnson’s ninth NFL team in a career that began when he was a fifth-round pick by the Buccaneers in 2008. This time around, Johnson finds himself in a competition with Geno Smith for the No. 2 job behind Eli Manning.