THE SUCCESSION plan is in place and rehearsals have gone well. Lane Johnson has spent the spring working at left tackle. Halapoulivaati Vaitai, who would take Johnson's right tackle role if Johnson moved to the left side, is "night and day" more ready for that job than he was a year ago as a rookie, offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland said this week.
Except, Tuesday, as the Eagles began their three-day mandatory minicamp, 35-year-old left tackle Jason Peters made his first appearance of the spring and hinted that he isn't really thinking about retirement yet. In fact, Peters indicated he'd really like his contract reworked, so that the team doesn't have a huge incentive every offseason to release him or ask him to take a pay cut to help with the cap.