Pepper Johnson is coming back to the Jets.
The former linebacker, who won two Super Bowls with the Giants and played for Gang Green late in his career, has been hired as the team’s defensive line coach.
Johnson spent last season with the Bills and told the News that he had been informed by Rex Ryan that he would have a job waiting for him if he didn’t land the Giants defensive coordinator position. But after the Giants went with Steve Spagnuolo as their defensive coordinator, Johnson was left out in the cold by the Bills when Ryan announced his defensive coaching staff that didn’t include him.