The Eagles will have the luxury of watching the NFC’s Wild-Card matchups this weekend as the postseason begins, as a result of their success in clinching the conference’s No. 1 seed in Week 18. Their bye week will allow a key member of their offense to continue healing, potentially in time for a return next week. 
Right tackle Lane Johnson has progressed during rehab from his adductor injury to the point where he expects to play in Philadelphia’s Divisional Round matchup. That news comes as little surprise given his decision to put off surgery – something which would have left him sidelined until the 2023 campaign – but it is nevertheless a significant development for the Super Bowl contenders.
The 32-year-old suffered the injury in Week 16, and has been pushing to rehab it ever since. Doing so will primarily be a matter of pain management, something which will only truly be tested during full-contact drills next week. Encouragingly, though, Johnson was able to return to the practice field on Friday for the first time since going down. His remarks today suggest he will be able to suit up if everything goes according to plan in the coming days.
“Excited about today being back out there practicing,” he said, via NBC Sports’ Reuben Frank. “Felt good. The goal was to keep testing it and progressing. Made a lot of progress this week and trying to have a regular week next week and see how I feel.”
Johnson was named a first-team All-Pro for the second time in his career today, adding further to his individual accolades and underscoring his importance to the Eagles’ offense. The four-time Pro Bowler confirmed his continued status as one of the league’s top tackles by generating a sterling PFF grade of 89.8 in pass protection, making him an integral part of the Eagles’ highly efficient attack. In his place, the team turned to Jack Driscoll at right tackle, but their preference would obviously be a return from Johnson at anywhere near 100%.
Philadelphia enjoyed the return of quarterback Jalen Hurts last week; the same is true of defenders C.J. Gardner-Johnson and defensive end Robert Quinn after they were activated from IR. Assuming Johnson will be able to play for the postseason, the Eagles could be well-positioned to live up to the potential they showed over the course of a hugely successful regular season.
“The timing of the injury wasn’t great,” Johnson added, “but the only reason I’m coming back is because I think we have a chance to be something special. That’s my reason.”
Lane is the goat
The goat at taking and getting caught using steroids.
Yea and winning a ring try again
What does that have to do with him getting caught using steroids twice and coming up with a lame ecplanation for it?
You can bet the opposing defense will be “testing” that belly from the very first play
Cute. Unfortunately, the adductor muscle is located at your thigh/groin.
you got burned
he will play. hurts will be healthy and protected better then then trash against the giants ( thanks Driscoll) and that means our run game is gonna be back on point. LANE JOHNSON FOR MVP!
Fly eagles Fly.
Stacked on offence, great protection, loaded defensive front and really solid secondary.
Best part is the team is really young and it’s not like it’s a 1 year window.
actually as an eagle Dan myself I think it’s alittle tighter window then most think, as of right now. I’m not saying that it’s our only chance but we do have A TON of extremely important players that are free agents after this season ends.
Miles Sanders, pascal, Jason Kelce (retiring)??, then on defense….. hargrave, graham, Fletcher Cox, Robert Quinn, TJ Edwards (led all mlb’s in tackles with over 150) , kyzir white, James bradberry, cj gardner-johnson, Marcus Epps.
they are just the major ones off the top of my head. so we really tto take advantage of our situation this year b/c unless Howie roseman has another off-season like this last one, it will be hard to duplicate this seasons performance