Leões assinam QB Josh Johnson após lesão de Tom Savage

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Josh Johnson‘s NFL resume grew a little longer Saturday following as the journeyman quarterback joined theDetroit Lions.

TheLionsannounced Saturday that they’ve signed Johnson and free agent running backJustin Stockton.

The move comes in the wake of backupTom Savagesuffering a head injury in Thursday’s preseason game against thePatriots.

NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported on Friday that the team also planned to work outLandry Jonesas a part of its efforts to add depth behindMatthew StaffordandDavid Fales, who signed with the team in June.

The#Lionsare signing QBJosh Johnsonafter the workout this morning, source says. That makes a baker’s dozen of teams for Johnson in his NFL career. He has a shot to cement the backup job behind Matt Stafford following Tom Savage’s injury the other night.

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) August 10, 2019

After not playing in an NFL game for four seasons, Johnson notably was added to theRedskins‘ depth chart late in 2018 after a rash of injuries and started three of the four games he appeared in for the club. During that stretch, Johnson went 52-of-91 (57-percent completion rate) for 590 yards, three TDS and four interceptions.

A fifth-round selection by theBuccaneersin 2008, Johnson appeared in six games his rookie year and a combined 20 games (one start) over the next two seasons as a backup to Josh Freeman. After leaving Tampa to sign with the Niners in 2012, only to be cut five months later, Johnson would take his talents to a number of teams in both practice squad and active roster roles, including theBrowns,Bengals(two stints), Niners — again in 2014 —Jets,Colts,Bills,Ravens,Giants,TexansandRaiders, as well as the UFL and AAF.

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