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While the Giants ended Peterson's tenure in New York, they signed veteran quarterback Rob Johnson, who will try to win the job of backup to Eli Manning.

Johnson has spent nine years in the NFL, but he didn't play in 2004 or 2005 while recovering from arm surgery.

"We needed to add veteran depth at quarterback," Accorsi said. "Rob hasn't played in a while because he was recovering from Tommy John surgery. But he has won in this league, is in great shape and threw the ball well in his workout."

Johnson joins Tim Hasselbeck, Jared Lorenzen and Josh Harris as quarterbacks on the roster behind Manning.

Johnson began his NFL career with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995, under current Giants coach Tom Coughlin, and has also played for Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Washington and Oakland. He has been in 48 games, starting 29, and was a backup on the Super Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002.

He has completed 494 of 806 career passes (61.3 percent) for 5,795 yards, 30 touchdowns, and 23 interceptions. Johnson's career passer rating is 83.6.

I have a question for you.  Was he EVER a good QB?

He's like a Drew Bledsoe.  Had a cannon arm and was accurate on the deep ball.... but held the ball so long he would get sacked like 8 or 9 times per game.

He's always sucked. Why the Bills played him over Flutie is beyond me. But, I'm glad they did.

And you wonder why the Dolphins defense averaged seven sacks per game against him.