occurs in the midfoot<\/a>\u00a0due to bone fractures and\/or torn ligaments. Recovery depends on the severity of the damage, with some milder cases able to heal on their own in a month or two if immobilized and rehabbed properly. More serious Lisfranc injuries require surgery.<\/p>\nThe Eagles\u2019 upcoming schedule includes a road game against the Dallas Cowboys, a Black Friday home matchup against the Chicago Bears, a road game against the Los Angeles Chargers and a home matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n
No downplaying significance of Lane Johnson\u2019s absence<\/p>\n
Look for Fred Johnson to start in Lane Johnson\u2019s absence. Fred Johnson, 28, was a key reserve on the Eagles\u2019 Super Bowl roster last year and was re-acquired before the season for this type of scenario.<\/p>\n
A five-time All-Pro and future Hall of Famer, Lane Johnson is regarded as one of the best players in franchise history and perhaps the top player on a star-studded roster. It can be hard to quantify an offensive lineman\u2019s impact, but in Lane Johnson\u2019s case, the Eagles\u2019 record with and without him is often used as an indication.<\/p>\n
Since the start of the 2016 season, the Eagles are 96-41-1 when Lane Johnson starts. They\u2019re 12-23 when Lane Johnson doesn\u2019t start. That\u2019s a 70 percent rate compared to a 34 percent rate. Offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland considers Lane Johnson the prototype at the position.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s the best offensive lineman that\u2019s f\u2014ing come through the Eagles,\u201d center Cam Jurgens said. \u201cYou\u2019re going to notice that \u2014 when he\u2019s on or off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
But he\u2019s also had a difficult time staying healthy in Year 13. He hasn\u2019t missed a start yet this year, although he\u2019s exited four games with four different ailments: a neck injury, left shoulder injury, ankle injury and now a foot injury.<\/p>\n
The Eagles struggled to find a reliable reserve offensive tackle during training camp, which is why general manager Howie Roseman made the deal to re-acquire Fred Johnson. Roseman called it a \u201cbig move for our football team\u201d when reflecting on the trade at the trade deadline. The Eagles were 5-1 last season when Fred Johnson started and they\u2019re 3-0 when he plays at least 50 percent of the offensive snaps, including the past two games. The Eagles started playing Fred Johnson as an extra offensive lineman in heavy packages because they saw how beneficial it was to have him on the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason we got to that in the first place is that every time Fred goes in to play, he\u2019s played good in his role at tackle,\u201d coach Nick Sirianni said last week.<\/p>\n
The Eagles can also play veteran reserve Matt Pryor at right tackle and he could now be the top replacement for Fred Johnson, who would be a candidate to move to the left side if something were to happen to Jordan Mailata. \u2014 Zach Berman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro tackle Lane Johnson suffered a Lisfranc sprain in his foot that could sideline him for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":385816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1448,2830,1311,1105,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-385815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115566540620137381","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}