The Eagles’ offensive line may be headed for another shakeup just as it looked like one new starter had settled in.
Drew Kendall, the team’s new center, missed practice again on Thursday because of a knee injury. He also sat out Wednesday’s session, putting his status in doubt for Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
That’s a problem for a unit already dealing with major turnover. Lane Johnson retired, Cam Jurgens was traded, and Landon Dickerson’s move to injured reserve pushed the Eagles into more reshuffling up front. Jurgens shifted to left guard, and Kendall was dropped into the middle in Week 2.
Kendall, a 2025 fifth-round pick out of Boston College, has handled the job well over the last three weeks. The second-year player has earned strong reviews from inside the building, and the Eagles clearly liked enough of what they saw to send Jurgens to Baltimore on Wednesday.
The deal sent Jurgens and a seventh-round pick to the Ravens in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick and a 2027 fifth-rounder.
But if Kendall can’t go in London, the Eagles would be forced to patch together a line that could look like this: LT Jordan Mailata, LG Willie Lampkin, C Jake Majors, RG Tyler Steen and RT Markel Bell.
That would put more on the shoulders of Majors and Lampkin, two linemen with little NFL experience at this level. Majors, an undrafted rookie out of Texas in 2025, spent time on the practice squad and had an uneven summer. Lampkin, meanwhile, stood out in camp, made the initial 53-man roster and brings intrigue as a 5-foot-11 lineman, but he has never started an NFL game.
For now, the Eagles are waiting on Kendall. And if he’s unable to suit up, the reshuffling along the offensive line is far from over.
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