Tom Coughlin’s firing of defensive coordinator Perry Fewell means he is out of scapegoats and the next scapegoat will be him, so the Giants head coach had better get this one right. “The hope ...

Johnson said he didn't know what happened, but he believes Belichick must have had a reason. "That's one of those -- like, I don't know -- but [Butler] had to have done something major that's a no ...

Pepper Johnson is a Super Bowl-winning linebacker, an NFL position coach for the last 15 years and has a total of five Super Bowl rings. So what’s keeping him from getting a job as a coordinator ...

Pepper Johnson knows who is standing in the way of the Jets — just about everyone. The former Giants/Jets linebacker, who spent two seasons (2015-16) as the Jets’ defensive line coach, unleas… ...

Pepper Johnson has waited for this opportunity for a long time. He has been coaching for 14 years, trying to work his way into position to be considered for defensive coordinator.

Tom Brady may say he can’t remember having a beer with Bill Belichick, but Pepper Johnson sure can. Johnson has a long history playing and coaching under Belichick, both as a linebacker for the ...

FLORHAM PARK -- Maybe this is where Sheldon Richardson and Muhammad Wilkerson get their perceived lack of accountability? On Tuesday, Jets assistant Pepper Johnson conducted the strangest media ...

That didn’t take long. After just one game, the XFL’s Los Angeles Wildcats announced Monday afternoon that they have fired defensive coordinator Pepper Johnson. “We recognize that there are ...

Bills defensive line coach and former NFL linebacker Pepper Johnson was disappointed when Giants coach Tom Coughlin called to tell him Thursday that he would not become the team's next defensive ...