Lane Johnson retires, and Dan Orlovsky calls it 'a significant loss for Philly'

Laura Rutledge's NFL Live panel took on the Eagles tackle's announcement, and the comments came in faster than on almost anything the channel has posted lately.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 116,000 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (4,924).

'It's a significant loss for Philly' - Dan O on Lane Johnson announcing his retirement | NFL Live

A new full segment on NFL on ESPN usually ends its first day with around 5,000 views. The NFL Live reaction to Lane Johnson's retirement passed 50,000 in its first seven hours. In that time it also drew close to three times the comments a usual video collects in a whole day.

Laura Rutledge brought in Ian Rapoport, Dan Orlovsky, Mina Kimes and Marcus Spears to react to the Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle's announcement, and Orlovsky's verdict became the title. The same show, on the same day, produced Rapoport's report on Lamar Jackson's ankle and Baltimore's quarterback situation. That is normally the kind of news that leads a week, and it trailed well behind.

Johnson was the fourth overall pick in 2013 and spent his entire career in Philadelphia, where he became a fixture at right tackle. He was there for both of the franchise's Super Bowl wins, after the 2017 and 2024 seasons.

The comment section reads like a long thank-you card. Viewers list his years in green, and the words Canton and Hall of Fame turn up again and again. The other thread is the timing. Players usually step away in the offseason, so an announcement a few weeks into a season has many commenters simply hoping all is well with him. Others say Eagles fans saw it coming.

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The numbers

The figures below show a reaction segment running far ahead of the channel's usual first day, with a comment section to match.

the video's first day

usual first day here

4,924

this video

116,000

subscribers

909,000

▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days

total views

690,563,961

views per day

-1,580,525

typical day: 833,988

the video

views

50,538

likes

342

comments

106

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Overtime SZN

1,100,000

TSN

974,000

NFL on ESPN

909,000

TMZSports

883,000

NHL on ESPN

879,000

Locoprezident

768,000

As of October 7, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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