ASHBURN — Ever since Jeron Johnson left the Seattle Seahawks, he was looking forward to the opportunity to step out of the shadows of Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas and into a starting role.
It wasn’t that Johnson didn’t enjoy his time in Seattle, but in four seasons he only started one game, though it was mostly because he was backing up the league’s best safety tandem.
He signed a two-year, $4 million deal with Washington in March — the only problem was the playing time never came. When starting strong safety Duke Ihenacho was placed on injured reserve after fracturing his left wrist in Week 1.