Mobile, Ala. - Personal reasons kept the Green Bay Packers from adding another member to their coaching staff.
Much like Gregg Williams, who turned down Mike McCarthy's offer to be the Packers' defensive coordinator to take the same job with the New Orleans Saints, veteran defensive line coach Bill Johnson said Wednesday he chose the Saints over the Packers for family reasons.
"It was as simple as that, really it was," Johnson said at the Senior Bowl. "I can't tell you how impressed I was with the entire operation they have up there in Green Bay. But in the end, New Orleans was a better fit."
Johnson said that both his grown children live in Atlanta. He also is a Louisiana native (Neville) and graduated from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La.
"At this point in your life, it's really hard to pass up going home," Johnson said.
Williams also opted for the Saints because of his family's preference for the South. The Packers ultimately hired Dom Capers on Monday as defensive coordinator.
The Packers have interviewed former St. Louis Rams defensive line coach Brian Baker for the vacancy in recent days.