The Philadelphia Eagles are expected to have a huge piece of their offensive line back for their Divisional Round matchup after offensive tackle Lane Johnson was spotted at practice on Friday, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. Johnson followed up Schefter's report by telling Pat McAfee that he's “playing next week,” so that's straight from the man's mouth.

Johnson has not played since Week 16's 40-34 loss to the Dallas Cowboys after he tore a tendon in his abdominal area.

After missing the team's last two games, it was revealed that Johnson is expected to need surgery to repair the injury, but he is putting it off in order to return to action in the postseason.

Reporters at the Eagles' open session said Johnson was participating in drills as the team got some work in before taking the weekend off, per NBC Sports.

Superstar Jalen Hurts was also on the field Friday, and he was seen throwing while taking reps with the team's other quarterbacks. With a bye this weekend, the team won't need to submit an injury report, so any official word on participation levels will have to wait until sometime next week.

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