March 14, 2024
ANALYSISThe 2019 sixth-round pick played in 18 games for the Lions and 44 for the Jets before landing in Buffalo last year. Johnson then spent the first month and a half of the 2023 season on the practice squad, eventually getting a promotion after
Damien Harris suffered a season-ending head/neck injury in mid-October. By the end of the year, Johnson had eclipsed
Latavius Murray as the team's No. 2 RB, getting 15 carries and three targets for 80 total yards in two playoff games. He'll now stick in Buffalo, where
James Cook and
Darrynton Evans are the only other RBs under contract at the start of the 2024 league year.