PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Eagles and right tackle Lane Johnson have agreed to a four-year contract extension that runs through 2025, the team announced Friday.
The new deal is worth $72 million and includes more than $54 million in guarantees, a league source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, making Johnson the highest-paid tackle in football. Johnson's contract surpasses that of Tennessee Titans tackle Taylor Lewan ($50 million) for the highest guaranteed deal.
Johnson, 29, has stated his case for being the best right tackle in the NFL over recent years. The No. 4 pick out of Oklahoma in 2013 has made the Pro Bowl in each of the past two seasons and was named first-team All Pro in 2017, when the Eagles captured their first Super Bowl title.
Johnson commented on his deal via a tweet from the Eagles.
Let's fly, @LaneJohnson65! #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/tytUHHUrCm
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) November 29, 2019
His value comes into focus when he is out of the lineup. He played just 24 snaps against the New England Patriots in Week 11 after suffering a concussion and missed last weekend's game against the Seattle Seahawks -- both Eagles losses. Johnson has since been cleared from the concussion protocol and is expected to play Sunday at the Miami Dolphins.
Similarly, Philadelphia went 2-8 during the games Johnson missed in 2016 as a result of a positive test for performance-enhancing substances, compared with 5-1 when he was in the lineup that season.
The Eagles have been active on the contract-extension front. They gave Johnson's good friend and offensive linemate, right guard Brandon Brooks, a four-year, $56 million extension earlier this month and have since signed kicker Jake Elliott and long-snapper Rick Lovato to new deals. The team also has been working toward a new deal with tight end Zach Ertz, but contract talks have stalled, a source told Fowler.
