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Eagles RT Lane Johnson arrives at training camp at target weight, says he's adhering to a clean training regimen

Lane Johnson wants to remain between 320-325 pounds this season.

Lane Johnson (left) blocks the Giants’ Owa Odighizuwa during a game last season.
Lane Johnson (left) blocks the Giants’ Owa Odighizuwa during a game last season.Read more(David Maialetti/Staff Photographer)

Lane Johnson reported to Eagles training camp Wednesday as large as he's been since coming to the Eagles in 2013 – and he insists he's only eating and training, avoiding the supplements that earned him a 10-game suspension last season.

"Everybody expects me to be like the Steve Latimer from 'The Program' and come back and weigh 180 and all my skills and talents were going to leave me," Johnson said, referring to the 1993 movie. "That's what people think but hey, look where I am now."

Johnson said he weighs between 320 and 325 pounds, which is his target weight. He left the spring workouts at 327 pounds, but he felt that was too hefty for the running required. He says he feels better than he did as a rookie, when he was 303 pounds.

The clean-eating storyline has been told throughout the spring, and Johnson knows that another suspension could put his career in peril. When he's on the field, he's established himself as one of the best right tackles in the NFL. Suspensions, no injuries, are all that has kept him off the field in his career.

[Eagles tired of being (third) down and out]

"I'm just going to go out and worry about playing football and trying to wow people anytime I'm on the field. But as far as supplements, I don't take anything. I just eat food, and that's it. I'm really cautious. I try to not make any more dumb decisions. That's hard to do."

His diet consists mostly of beef and fish, with vegetables mixed in. He's tried to cut sweets and junk food because it causes inflammation, but he confesses to the occasional cheeseburger.

"Nothing over the top," Johnson said. "Just trying to eat more clean."

He trained during the summer with one friend, posting a recent update on social media. He's eager for his second season next to Brandon Brooks, the right guard the Eagles signed last season. When Brooks and Johnson are in the lineup together, the Eagles' offensive line becomes a strength of the team – especially with Jason Peters at the left tackle. Pro Football Focus ranked the Eagles' offensive line as the best in the NFL in June. Johnson's father-in-law sent him a link to the story, and he wasn't quick to brush it off.

Why not?

He's heard too often about his division rival's offensive line.

"I guess it's better than hearing about Dallas week in and week out," Johnson said. "Cris Collinsworth, he'll let you know who the best is."