Eagles give star lineman $33M extension

The Philadelphia Eagles have misplaced some key members of their 2022 Tremendous Bowl roster, however they’ve additionally managed to get some excellent news on the subject of retaining most of their offensive line. That features Friday’s report from ESPN that star sort out Lane Johnson has agreed to a one-year contract extension value $33.445 million with $30 million in ensures. 

That contract extension will preserve Johnson below contract by the 2026 season. 

That extension comes after star heart Jason Kelce determined to return for at the very least yet one more season after flirting with retirement, serving to to maintain a big a part of their line collectively. That’s nice information for quarterback Jalen Hurts and the crew’s working backs. 

Johnson has develop into among the best tackles in all of soccer in recent times and has not allowed a single sack over the previous years, whereas the Eagles’ file with him within the lineup (79-47-1) is dramatically higher than when he’s not (13-22). He’s clearly one of many essential driving forces behind the Eagles’ success in each the working recreation and passing recreation.

There was additionally a sensible matter for the Eagles to signal Johnson to an extension, past simply rewarding him for his nice play.

That contract extension additionally reduces his wage cap quantity for the 2023 season from $24 million all the way in which all the way down to $14.8 million, saving the crew practically $10 million in wage cap area.