Year 11 with the Philadelphia Eagles approaches for Lane Johnson. He is now coming into that season with a major chip on his shoulder.
One NFC executive believes that Philadelphia Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson is not as good as people seem to think he is. The executive made the remarks to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, who polled front-office personnel, coaches, and scouts on the league’s top offensive tackles.
Johnson ranked fourth overall.
“Premier player,” an AFC scout told Fowler. “Incredibly gifted athlete with force.”
However, not everybody had glowing things to say about him.
“One NFC exec believes Johnson is overhyped and plays in a run-pass-option offense that helps him limit sacks,” Fowler noted.
“He gets a lot of credit for being noisy and playing on a good team.”
Johnson saw the comments and responded by calling that anonymous executive a clown.
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Fellow offensive tackle Jordan Mailata appeared to respond to the list on social media.
“It’s that time of the year for rankings, projections, predictions, etc.,” Johnson wrote. “Can’t wait to get back at it with my island brother!”
Johnson is one of the league’s top offensive tackles as he made his second All-Pro team, and Pro Football Focus hasn’t credited him with a sack allowed since 2020.
Johnson and the defending NFC champion Eagles will open the 2023 regular season on Sept. 10 at the New England Patriots. Many folks will be tuning in to see if last year was a fluke or if they are truly contenders to get back to the Super Bowl.
