The Philadelphia Eagles right tackle was, in the eyes of his teammates, 'the player of the match' in the team's 27-13 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
PHILADELPHIA – Inside the heavyweight match that was Eagles vs. Steelers was a bare-knuckle undercard between right tackle Lane Johnson and outside linebacker T.J. Watt.Maybe someday they will be enshrined in Canton, but on Sunday, in the Eagles' 27-13 win, it was just fun to shine the spotlight on the two of them. Well, maybe not as much fun for Johnson, who said he had nightmares about the matchup, then woke up Sunday morning and only had one thing on his mind.
Of all games to show that, yeah, the passing game can have legs just like the running game, it had to be this game, against one of the best pass rushers in the league. But that's what the Eagles did, unwrapping a passing game that had both star receivers- A.J. Brown and Devonta Smith - go over 100 yards receiving and quarterback Jalen Hurts throwing 32 times to reach 290 yards.
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