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Lane Johnson, one of the best offensive tackles in the league, hasn’t allowed a sack in the past two seasons.
PHILADELPHIA — Los Eagles will award the All-Pro right tackle Lane Johnson a $33.445 million, one-year contract extension that includes $30 million guaranteed, a source told Adam Schefter of ESPN on Friday.
Lane Johnson He now has a contract until 2026.
Los Eagles they also agreed to a one-year deal with safety Terrell Edmunds, league sources told Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. Edmunds, a first-round pick of the Steelers in 2018, started 75 games over five seasons in Pittsburgh with five interceptions.
Lane JohnsonOne of the best offensive tackles in the league, he hasn’t allowed a sack the past two seasons, a streak he kept alive last postseason while playing through a torn adductor muscle that required offseason surgery.
Before the deal, Johnson’s salary cap for 2023 was more than $24 million, the highest on the team by a wide margin. The new agreement reduces that number to $14.8 million, the source expanded, providing Philadelphia about $10 million in salary cap relief.
Lane Johnson32, was named to his fourth Pro Bowl in 2022. He is one of three offensive tackles for the Eagles being named to multiple All-Pro teams, along with Jason Peters y Bob Brown.
The level of success of the Eagles with Johnson in the lineup he’s been spectacular since he was drafted with the fourth overall pick in 2013. Philadelphia He’s 79-47-1 when playing and 13-22 when he’s away, according to StatMuse data.
“Lane is the best tackle in the NFLsaid the coach Nick Sirianni in December. “I didn’t say right tackle, I said best tackle of the NFL“.
