Eagles Trade Center Cam Jurgens Raises Questions About Future Plans

Following the retirement of Lane Johnson, the Philadelphia Eagles traded center Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens.

In a span of two days, 40 percent of the Eagles’ offensive line was no longer on the roster, raising questions about their plans for the rest of the season.

“We weren’t looking to move Cam,” Eagles G.M. Howie Roseman said. “Obviously, the Ravens have been looking for a center. Kind of told them wasn’t anything we were looking to do. Over the last 24 hours, it got to the point where we felt like it could be a win-win for them. Obviously, getting a player who’s been a two-time Pro Bowl center and obviously for us, being able to get the picks we’re able to get, and use that money also to sign players. Had a chance to watch Drew Kendall here play center is doing a nice job. Have a young player there.” 

The Eagles sent Jurgens and a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Ravens for a 2027 fifth-round pick and a 2028 second-round pick.

“I think for us, when you talk about the two and the five, moving from the seventh to the fifth,” Roseman said. “We’ve had success in the fifth round, plus the money, plus you have Drew playing, we felt like we were getting four players for one, and just felt like for us, you know, with all these guys that we got coming up, a lot on the defensive side of the ball that we want to re-sign and want to extend, felt like that that was a good situation.” 

While the Eagles are not tanking, they have begun to look past the 2026 season with plans to begin building for the years to come. Moving Jurgens, who could have been traded after the season, they offloaded the player to keep themselves in a position to extend players like cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean.