BOSTON (CBS) -- A fixture on the New England sideline for the entirety of the Bill Belichick era is moving on from the Patriots. Linebackers coach Pepper Johnson, who's been with the organization ...

Pepper Johnson was an assistant for the Patriots since Bill Belichick became the team's coach in 2000. Howard Smith/USA TODAY Sports "Today marks a new day for me," Johnson wrote in a statement.

New England Patriots linebacker coach Pepper Johnson watches from the sidelines during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game between the Patriots and the New York Jets Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, ...

In his NFL coaching career, Johnson spent 13 years with the New England Patriots, coaching the assistant linebackers for the 2000 season, inside linebackers from 2001-2003, the defensive line from ...

Often times last season, the New England Patriots defense was often criticized. The media was harsh on them and their own coach lacked faith in them sometimes, the glaring example coming when ...

Bill Belichick has lost one of his most popular assistant coaches.Linebackers coach Pepper Johnson, who has been with the Patriots since Belichick arrived in 2000, will not return to the team in 2014.

Pepper Johnson's passion, ... Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009.

Pepper Johnson’s book about the New England Patriots’ improbable run to championship glory in the 2001 NFL football season is a bit of a disappointment.