Rob Johnson
Johnson worked as an assistant coached at Mission Viejo High School and runs a camp for high school quarterbacks. Sports Illustrated asked him last year about the QB competition with Flutie and a sour taste lingers. “When Doug signed it was kind of a joke, to be honest – no offense to Doug. No one in the NFL really thought much of it … “It was the perfect storm. He was the underdog; I was a prototypical quarterback with size. He had the autistic son he did commercials with — that pulled at people’s heartstrings; I was the surfer boy from California. A local radio station had this skit where they used a high-pitched voice for Doug, I guess because he was short, and I sounded like Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It was hilarious. That’s how people thought of it.” In 2012, Johnson joined a series of class-action lawsuits against the NFL contending that the league knew or should have known concussions and repeated head impacts put players at risk of brain disorders later in life