Johnson, 36, has also quarterbacked two professional football teams that no longer exist, in two leagues that have also folded.
The San Francisco 49ers' newest quarterback — signed for his fourth stint with the team in the aftermath of Jimmy Garoppolo's season-ending ankle injury on Sunday — has not only spent time with more franchises than any other player in NFL history.
Now that the 49ers are down to their third-string QB after their starter and backup sustained season-ending injuries, it's not impossible to imagine the fourth time being the charm for Johnson to make his 49ers debut.Your Black Friday bargains have nothing on these historic S.F.
Harbaugh, fittingly, first brought Johnson to the 49ers, starting a strange journey with San Francisco. San Francisco signed Johnson for the last time that season on Oct. 21, 2014, a week before the trade deadline. The 49ers didn't re-sign Johnson in 2015 after Harbaugh, his college coach, was forced out.But Harbaugh's departure was, really, just the beginning of Johnson's 49ers' merry-go-round.
The 49ers were similarly desperate for quarterbacks in 2020, when they signed Johnson to the practice squad, as they are now. Garoppolo had sustained a season-ending injury — just as he had two years prior — and backups C.J. Beathard and Nick Mullens traded turns as San Francisco's starter before Johnson joined the practice squad.
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