• Johnson said the 2026 season would be the final year of his career, then made clear he was stepping away from the NFL to focus on his mental health.
  • Johnson will no longer play for Philadelphia, and the team is now left to absorb the loss of a foundational right tackle while the rest of the offense is already under strain.
  • The Eagles went 0-for-12 on third down, were held to 172 total yards and averaged just three yards per play in the loss to the Rams.
  • The Eagles are down to one healthy running back, Will Shipley, who has 15 carries for 51 yards and four receptions for 24 yards this season.
  • Saquon Barkley also injured his hamstring in the first quarter of the Rams game, leaving Shipley as the lone healthy option at the position.
  • That leaves the Eagles trying to patch together an offense while also replacing Johnson, one of the most established players on the roster.
  • Johnson’s retirement does not create those problems, but it does remove one of the few constants the team had left.
  • For now, the Eagles are left with a difficult combination of facts: a veteran cornerstone is gone, the offense just produced one of its least efficient games of the season, and the roster is thin enough that Shipley’s role may have to expand quickly.