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Rob Johnson steps in for ailing Brad Johnson

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Thursday, October 24, 2002

With their starter sidelined by a fractured rib, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will turn to the second half of their Johnson & Johnson quarterback tandem for Sunday's game against the spiraling Carolina Panthers. Backup quarterback Rob Johnson took all the snaps with the No. 1 offense on Wednesday, is scheduled to do so again in Thursday's practice, and will replace the injured Brad Johnson in the lineup. It will mark the first start for Rob Johnson since the middle of the 2001 season, when he was p ...

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