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Eagles' Frank Reich confident in "Big V''

In the Eagles’ first four games, Lane Johnson clearly was their best offensive lineman.

“He was playing out of his mind,’’ center Jason Kelce said. “He was playing really good football this year.’’

And now, he’s gone, off spending the next 10 games in PED exile. His replacement Sunday at right tackle when the Eagles travel to Washington to play the 3-2 Redskins will be rookie Halapoulivaati Vaitai, who will be taking his very first NFL regular-season snaps at FedEx Field.

Did I mention that the guy who will be on the other side of the line from him much of the day will be Ryan Kerrigan, a six-year veteran with 50 career sacks?