The Eagles’ offensive line took another jolt on the second day in a row, and this one was hard to see coming: Philadelphia is trading center Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens for multiple draft picks.
According to the full terms first reported by NFL insider Adam Schefter, the Eagles will receive a 2027 fifth-round pick and a 2028 second-round pick. Baltimore gets Jurgens and a 2027 seventh-round pick.
Coming off a rough 2025 season in which he still somehow made the Pro Bowl, Jurgens was supposed to get a chance to rebound in 2026. He and fellow starting offensive lineman Landon Dickerson even took an offseason trip to Medellín, Colombia for stem cell therapy.
Jurgens opened the season at center, but once Dickerson struggled badly and landed on injured reserve after Week 1, the Eagles shifted Jurgens to left guard. That move went about as well as expected for a player in a brand-new spot, and there were already calls for Philadelphia to bench him in favor of Willie Lampkin.
Jurgens had been expected to miss Week 5 after self-reporting a concussion, but the surprise wasn’t the injury news. It was the fact that he’s no longer on the roster at all.
The move looks like a clear example of Howie Roseman cashing in while there was still value to be had. The Ravens were in obvious need of center help after losing Tyler Linderbaum in free agency and then watching their next three replacement options get hurt. Philadelphia took advantage and landed a strong return for a player whose future outlook had become shaky.
Still, it’s a jarring end to Jurgens’ run in Philadelphia. He was drafted to follow Jason Kelce, and for a while it looked like he could anchor the line for years. His Eagles tenure should be remembered for gutting through a back injury in an NFC Championship Game win over the Washington Commanders and for being part of the Super Bowl LIX title team in the 2024 season.
With Jurgens gone and Lane Johnson retired, the Eagles’ offensive line suddenly looks very unsettled. That is not ideal in the short term.
But the trade also makes the long view obvious. Roseman is thinking ahead, and while this doesn’t read like a full surrender on 2026, it does feel like the Eagles are bracing for the possibility that the year could go sideways.
One immediate benefit: Philadelphia is now lined up to have four picks in the first two rounds of the 2028 NFL Draft - its own first-rounder, the New England Patriots’ first-round pick acquired in the A.J. Brown trade, its own second-rounder, and the Ravens’ second-round pick.
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