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Originally published Oct. 7, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — In a shocking move, the Eagles traded two-time Pro Bowl center Cam Jurgens on Wednesday.
They sent Jurgens and a 2027 seventh-round draft pick down I-95 to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for a 2027 fifth-round selection and 2028 second-rounder.
Jurgens, 27, is currently in concussion protocol. He has been playing out of position at left guard while Landon Dickerson has been on injured reserve with a knee injury. Second-year lineman Drew Kendall has been inserted at center on a depleted offensive line that just lost right tackle Lane Johnson to a sudden retirement a day earlier.
“It wasn’t anything we were looking to do,” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said of the Jurgens trade. “You know, 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 for us, being able to get the picks we were able to get and use that money also to sign players.”
The move came after coach Nick Sirianni met with the media Wednesday. The only remaining/healthy starters on a once-powerful line are left tackle Jordan Mailata and right guard Tyler Steen.
The Eagles drafted Jurgens in the second round (51st overall) out of Nebraska in 2022. He grew into one of the league’s top centers after Jason Kelce’s retirement and was integral to the Eagles’ Super Bowl run in the 2024 season, which included Saquon Barkley rushing for 2,005 yards.
In April 2025, the Eagles signed him to a four-year, $68 million extension with $39.4 million guaranteed.
“Cam is a player we have long admired going all the way back to the draft process,” Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said through the team. “He’s a young foundational piece along our offensive line — a great scheme and cultural fit who will contribute quickly in Baltimore. We are confident that Cam will significantly impact our team and community.”
Jurgens has struggled with injuries the last few years. He had back surgery in early 2025 after the Eagles won the Super Bowl. During this past offseason, with lingering pain from the surgery, he traveled to Medellin, Colombia, for a week of stem cell treatments.
He received 70 million stem cells through an intradiscal injection — an image-guided injection directly into a spinal disk — and also underwent cryotherapy, ozone therapy and physical therapy. Jurgens later said the treatment reduced his pain and that he had noticed a significant improvement in how he felt.
Jurgens’ suffered a foot injury that landed him on IR in 2023 and a pectoral injury later that season.
The trade was the second major shakeup for the Eagles in as many days, both involving the offensive line. Right tackle Lane Johnson, an all-time Eagles great, announced his retirement Tuesday afternoon on social media, saying he needed to focus on his mental health and his family.
“Love Lane,” coach Nick Sirianni said Wednesday. “I’ll miss him dearly. I wish him the best.
“You know, obviously that’s not the end of mine and Lane’s relationship. I feel like that’s a relationship that will last through our lives. But I just want him to be his best and, like I said, love him and everything that he stood for and everything that he is.”
Roseman may not be finished making moves, but in the meantime, a fully healthy offensive line would be Jordan Mailata at left tackle, Dickerson at left guard, Kendall at center, second-year lineman Willie Lampkin at right guard and either Fred Johnson or rookie Markel Bell at right tackle.
The general manager expressed faith in that lineup, but made a point of addressing Lane Johnson’s departure after 14 seasons.
“First-ballot Hall of Famer,” Roseman said. “Huge, huge part of our success. Just someone you never took for granted — every day, in practice, in games.
“You know, just felt totally honored that he was our right tackle for as long as he was. And the relationship, just having him around, and the relationship we had through all those years and through the things we had to go through with our team and what was going on with all of us personally. Like, just, we’ll miss him. And just very appreciative of him and his contributions to our success.”
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