When Lane Johnson’s 10-game PED suspension began, they had just lost their first game to fall to 3-1. Since he’s been gone, they’re 2-6, and he feels responsible for his part in it.
The Eagles right tackle has two more weeks before he can be reinstated, and he said he’s ready to come back for the final two games.
Via Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News, Johnson said he felt he deserved blame for the team’s slide, since his second suspension cost him and them more than half of a season.
“I’ve let this whole organization down not once, but twice,” Johnson said. “And I’ve had a long time to ponder on it and look myself in the mirror.”
Johnson returned home to Oklahoma during the suspension, but said he’s planning to return to Philadelphia next week. He can’t go back to the team facility until Dec. 19, in advance of their short-week game against the Giants.
In his absence, the Eagles started rookie Halapoulivaati Vaitai, and then had to move left guard Allen Barbre there after Vaitai was injured.
