The Philadelphia Eagles have a decision to make on Pro Bowl right tackle Lane Johnson and some of those options include rest, fighting through the pain or possibly shutting him down for some time.
Johnson left Sunday’s game at the Pittsburgh Steelers with an ankle injury after being carted off late in the second half.
Johnson had been replaced at right tackle by rookie Jack Driscoll and after the loss, Doug Pederson confirmed that his star would get a second opinion. According to Mike Garafalo, Johnson may be forced to play through the injury.
#Eagles RT Lane Johnson gathered more opinions on his nagging ankle. Sources say it’s just a matter of trying to get some rest and fight his way through it. No talk of surgery, shutting him down or anything like that. We’ll see about his availability for Sunday vs the #Ravens.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 13, 2020
Johnson had ankle surgery in August to clean some things up, and it may be dealing with some soreness or possibly worse. Johnson missed a couple of series in last week’s win over the 49ers and confirmed that he had a cyst in his ankle that needed to be drained after the game.
Driscoll started Week 1 at Washington when Johnson did not play and could be a viable option going forward.