What Lane Johnson's return means for 2026 Eagles
Eagle Eye: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast
NBC Sports Philadelphia
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A little bit of news on this Eagle Eye podcast brought to you by Nissan, Ruben Frank, and Dave Zengaro. |
| 0:20.5 | We have a lot to talk about today. |
| 0:22.7 | Let's not waste any time. |
| 0:24.1 | The big news of the day, Lane Johnson is back for 2026. |
| 0:28.1 | Yeah, huge news and probably would have warranted an emergency pod if it wasn't a Thursday |
| 0:33.8 | or a Tuesday to start with. |
| 0:36.0 | Yeah, it's huge news. |
| 0:37.0 | This kind of, look, it's been an offseason with a lot of change, |
| 0:41.5 | and it's nice to know that the best right tackle in the business will be back |
| 0:44.5 | at the Jefferson Health Training Complex for a 14th season in the Jefferson Health Training Complex. |
| 0:55.7 | I guess it's his first season there. |
| 0:57.3 | But yeah, look, I never really thought he was going to retire. |
| 1:01.0 | I couldn't imagine Lane Johnson going out with an injury, ending his career with a Liz |
| 1:05.2 | Frank on injured reserve, not playing the second half of the season. |
| 1:08.7 | I just, it was hard to imagine that he would walk away |
| 1:11.9 | under those circumstances. From what we know, what we've learned about, about Lane Johnson |
| 1:17.7 | since he got drafted in 2013, that's not who he is. He's a competitor. He wants to prove he's still |
| 1:23.9 | as good as any right tackle, any offensive tackle in the league, and you can't do that if you retire. So he's a proud guy. He's a competitor. And he's still as good as any right tackle, any offensive tackle in the league. And you can't do that if |
| 1:28.4 | you retire. So he's a proud guy. He's a competitor. And he's still playing at an unbelievable level. |
| 1:33.6 | Before he got hurt, he was as good as anybody in the game. He was having an all pro season. |
| 1:37.9 | And in fact, I think if he had played maybe two or three more games, he would have gotten, certainly |
| 1:43.2 | would have gotten my all pro |
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