FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Bryan Johnson dropped into a two-point stance, wearing his green jersey emblazoned with 59 in white on his first day practicing with the Jets. It was such a long way from the days when his football career was kind of up in smoke.
Needed help with a chimney? Johnson was your man. After being on a Long Island title team as a little-used defensive end/tight end in his lone season of football at Bellport in 2005, Johnson went to study at Nassau Community College. But he left during his first semester. So for the next three years he joined the work world.