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The Ravens clearly have confidence that Cam Jurgens is going to be a good player for them, or else they wouldn’t have traded a 2028 second-round pick to acquire him. That’s interesting to see. Not saying they’re flawless but they’re not dumb organization. Maybe the compensation just came to their desperation with no real viable alternatives. In any case, Howie Roseman did well to get a 2028 second-round pick for him. While
I don’t think this trade signals the Eagles throwing in the towel on the 2026 season, I do think they could very well be sellers ahead of the deadline if the struggles continue. The Eagles might need something of a reset as opposed to trying to cling on to the remnants of a very successful stretch in franchise history.
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NFL trade deadline grades: Cam Jurgens to Ravens, Joey Porter Jr. to Cowboys – ESPN
Ravens grade: D+ … Eagles grade: A … The Ravens are surrendering a second-round pick (plus a swap of fifth- and seventh-round picks) for the right to pay a non-premium position player market price after this season. Jurgens is due a fully guaranteed $16 million next year. He’s due $17 million (non-guaranteed) in 2028 and 2029. Jurgens’ $17 million average per year for the duration of his contract makes him the fourth-highest-paid center in the league, behind only Linderbaum, Creed Humphrey and Aaron Brewer, per OverTheCap.com. By comparison, Connor McGovern, who had better numbers than Jurgens last season, makes a little over $13 million per year. One saving grace for Baltimore is that Jurgens’ salary is cheap this season. The Eagles have already paid Jurgens’ option bonus, so the Ravens should be on the hook for only the remaining portion of his $1.2 million base salary. For the Eagles, the loss of Jurgens is the latest blow to an offensive line that is already down Dickerson and recently retired tackle Lane Johnson. Jurgens hadn’t played well at guard, but surely they saw him as their long-term center. Drew Kendall, who has played center after Jurgens’ shift, has been below average in both pass and run block win rate this season. But the Eagles seemed to believe this was a price too good to pass up. I understand that the Ravens rightfully believe they are Super Bowl contenders, probably want Ioane to stay and develop at guard and thought they needed to fill their gap at center. Making a trade before the deadline to fix that issue makes sense. But almost certainly there would have been cheaper options out there than this. And the timing is odd, considering that Jurgens is currently in concussion protocol and not expected to play Sunday. So it seems like the Eagles sensed Baltimore’s desperation and squeezed an overpay out of the Ravens.
NFL trade grades: Evaluating every deal made ahead of the 2026 deadline – NFL.com
EAGLES GRADE: A-. We should start with the obvious: The two-time Pro Bowler was available for a reason, especially after the same offensive line saw a future Hall of Famer Lane Johnson retire the day prior. Jurgens is currently a Pro Bowler in name only. After battling through a back injury in 2024 to help the Eagles net a Super Bowl ring, Jurgens has not been the same player. He struggled through last season and has been a liability through four games this year. His pass blocking has never been otherworldly, but it’s particularly crumbled after he was asked to move to left guard the past three weeks. Blame the previous injuries or the ill fit in the Eagles’ new blocking scheme, but Jurgens has been borderline unplayable the past few weeks. Drew Kendall played better than Jurgens at center in Sean Mannion’s scheme, so a move back wasn’t in the cards. It got so bad that Nick Sirianni was fending off questions about potentially benching the guard. Instead, Philly shipped him out of town. We know that Howie Roseman doesn’t care what year he gets his picks — famously saying a first-round pick is a first-round pick regarding the A.J. Brown trade this offseason when Philly netted a ’28 first. However, we can dock him ever so slightly for delayed satisfaction. Otherwise, getting a second-rounder for a struggling player who was not a fit is a home run. In the short term, the Eagles offensive line is in flux, with Willie Lampkin in line to take over at guard. The hope is that Landon Dickerson returns to form when he eventually comes off injured reserve. The trade is jarring coming right after Johnson’s retirement, but getting a significant draft pick back for a player who was on the verge of being benched makes sense. Philly is now loaded in the 2028 draft with two firsts and two seconds.
Ravens trade for Eagles Pro Bowl center Cam Jurgens – Baltimore Beatdown
Jurgens has struggled in 2026. He was playing left guard following an injury to Landon Dickerson in a struggling offense that does not fit his skill set. He did play one game at center this season where he allowed zero pressures, indicating he could show improvements in Baltimore. The Ravens are planning on moving Jurgens to his natural position, and hopefully coaching from Dwayne Ledford will help Jurgens get back to his peak. He is an excellent fit to lead Derrick Henry in Declan Doyle’s wide zone scheme. Similar to former Ravens center Tyler Linderbaum, Jurgens will need help in pass protection, but he should not struggle as much as Jovaughn Gwyn. Snapping should not be an issue, either.
Is the Nick Sirianni era already over? – BGN
Maybe the Eagles circle the wagons and start to turn things around. The unintentional accelerated offensive line replacement might improve the situation as the season progresses. Maybe the leaders of the team, who have previously shown the ability to bounce back, find it again. This team is trending down, but they haven’t yet sunk. There is still time to bail enough water out. Or maybe they are headed to rock bottom. The Eagles offense has been built on the line, it has fallen apart. The defense is less than the sum of its parts. A depleted roster, one that wasn’t nearly as good as originally thought, a limping defense, and a broken offense. These are all key ingredients of the end of an era.
5 Questions with Bleeding Green Nation: Do the Lane Johnson-less Eagles stand a chance? – Big Cat Country
As the Jacksonville Jaguars prepare to face the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 5, we exchanged questions with Brandon Lee Gowton of Bleeding Green Nation to learn more about the opposing side.
NFL survivor picks, strategy: Week 5 safe, value, and trap options – SB Nation
Trap pick — Jaguars (-7) over Eagles. The Eagles will be without both Saquon Barkley and Tank Bigsby. With DeVonta Smith also questionable for Sunday, it’s easy to see why people will be on the Jaguars this weekend. It’s a London game, so that raises all sorts of red flags taking the favorite.
Lane Retires & Tommy Update – Iggles Blitz
Lane has been a great Eagle. He helped the team get to three Super Bowls and win two of them. Him walking away early doesn’t diminish any of what he’s accomplished. I hope most people aren’t mad at him. He has to focus on himself and his family before football. I’ve told this story a few times, but it bears repeating. I watched Oklahoma play UTEP early in 2012. The announcers talked about this former QB was now playing LT. That fascinated me so I wrote his name down as a player to study. I watched him in that game and he impressed me. I followed him all season and he continued to impress. Lane went to the Combine and had one of the best workouts of all time. Would he last to pick 4 in the 2013 draft? Andy Reid did us a huge favor by taking OT Eric Fisher first overall. Then the Jags took OT Luke Joeckel second. Everyone thought the Eagles wanted DL Dion Jordan who had played for Chip Kelly at Oregon. Miami swooped in and took him third. Lane Johnson became an Eagle with the #4 pick. Lane was up and down as a rookie. He got a little better each year and then emerged as an elite player by the middle of his career. He was special.
NFL Take-O-Meter: Time for Philly to Clean Out the Nest – The Ringer
Stout stepped down from his post with the Eagles soon after last season because he was reportedly frustrated—maybe more frustrated than the entire city of Philadelphia—that head coach Nick Sirianni and new offensive play caller Kevin Patullo had hijacked the offense without his involvement. The Sirianni-Patullo show was bad enough for Sirianni to fire Patullo after the season, but Stoutland left on his own and probably isn’t ever coming back. Neither is Kelce, and now Johnson isn’t, either. The 36-year-old, a stalwart right tackle for the franchise since he was drafted fourth in 2013, started the first three games of the year before sitting out Week 4 because of undisclosed personal reasons. Then he announced on Tuesday that he’s retiring. Plus, the Eagles announced Wednesday that they’d traded center Cam Jurgens, who has been starting at guard while Landon Dickerson was on the injured reserve, to the Ravens for a second-round pick and some change. Jurgens was playing out of position at guard, and Baltimore desperately needed center help after losing Tyler Linderbaum in free agency and suffering multiple injuries at the position. The Philly starting five against the Jacksonville Jaguars this week could be Mailata at LT, 5-foot-11 290-pounder Willie Lampkin at left guard, backup Drew Kendall still filling in at center, 2023 third-round pick Tyler Steen still at right guard, and rookie third-rounder Markel Bell, who is 6-foot-9 and 346 pounds, starting in place of Johnson at right tackle. That’s worse than chickenshit. Stout isn’t there to turn it into chicken salad, and Sirianni, GM Howie Roseman, new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion, hell, not even Big Dom can turn it into anything else.
After Lane Johnson’s retirement and Cam Jurgens’ trade, where do the Eagles go from here? – The Athletic
Of course, a trade that helps the 2028 roster doesn’t offer a rallying cry inside the locker room after a two-game losing streak. Roseman said the Eagles maintain “high expectations” for this year’s team. “Very brutal reminder of how cutthroat the league is, and you just don’t know when it’s the last time you’re going to play with someone,” Jordan Mailata said of the trade. “That was a good reminder, but this is the nature of the league. For the sake of this team, we (have) to keep pushing forward. At least that’s how I’m thinking. We’ve got a game to play in London across the pond, and I can deal with this in my time. But when I’m at the building, we got to push forward and be here for boys.” Neither Mailata nor Jalen Hurts viewed the trade as the Eagles punting on the season. Both were part of Jurgens’ best season and are affected by the inexperienced offensive line. That group was long a strength. It’s now a question mark. They’re two captains, and both pushed back when the front office’s belief in this team was questioned. “We’ve always got an opportunity,” Hurts said. “We’ve had change. … Injuries happen, things happen. … You have to go out there, prepare, learn, experience all the things that come with it. Continue to build. It’s a marathon, truly.”
Markel Bell leaning on advice from Lane Johnson as he tries to replace him – NBCSP
Markel Bell’s time as an understudy to Lane Johnson was officially cut short this week when the future Hall of Famer abruptly announced his retirement. But Bell is still following Johnson’s advice. “I learned a lot from him,” Bell said on Wednesday. “I’m so grateful just to have him in training camp and just the few weeks he was here during the regular season. He gave me a lot of wisdom. And one thing he always said was, ‘Don’t make the game bigger than it is.’ I feel like in the NFL, a lot of people make it bigger than it is. That’s one thing he harped on.” That advice is particularly important for Bell now that he is about to take over for Johnson at right tackle for the rest of the season.
Bowen: Eras end, monuments topple, but I really liked it when the Eagles had a great offensive line – PHLY Eagles
Yes, I am being dramatic. But I do feel a profound ending here. Put together the departure of Jeff Stoutland with Johnson’s retirement, and the way the Eagles’ offseason bet on the return to health of Landon Dickerson and Jurgens blew up in their face right away – put it all together and you have the foundation that built the Eagles’ most successful decade, bulldozed in a cloud of dust. Now, it’s “Let’s try to eke out some wins with Jordan Mailata and a bunch of guys who are, really, just guys.” Being excited about seeing what Willie Lampkin can do, to me, is kind of on the same level as being excited to see what Tanner McKee would look like during a regular-season start. (We found out.) (Would be happy to be wrong there, Willie, if you are reading this.) (Is it good writing to string together parenthetical thoughts like this?) (Probably not.)
If Jeff Stoutland was still the line coach, would Lane Johnson and Cam Jurgens still be productive Eagles? – Inquirer
Without Stoutland, when Landon Dickerson landed on injured reserve with a knee issue after Game 1, the Eagles moved Jurgens off the center position and into the right guard spot. They inserted second-year fifth-rounder Drew Kendall at center. Predictably, Kendall has struggled. However, in the last three games, Jurgens has been, arguably, the worst lineman in the NFL and easily the worst player on the Eagles’ roster. Would Stoutland have weakened two positions to compensate for one absence? Probably not. Without Stoutland, Johnson couldn’t take the game any longer. “Right now it is critical that I focus on my mental health,” Johnson said in a statement. Would Stoutland have been able to help Johnson navigate one more season? After all, it was Stoutland who convinced Roseman and Kelly to draft Johnson with the No. 4 overall pick. It was a gamble. Johnson had been a high school and college quarterback, a college tight end and defensive end, and he hadn’t played offensive line until his junior year at Oklahoma. We cannot know if Stoutland’s presence would have salvaged 13 more games out of Johnson. Not for sure. We do know that Stoutland remains Johnson’s biggest supporter.
Eagles’ decision to trade Cam Jurgens raises questions about their 2026 plans – PFT
Still, by moving Jurgens one day after Johnson retired, it feels like the Eagles are throwing in the towel on 2026. Which opens the door to more trades that could hamper the Eagles in the short term while allowing them to properly shape the roster in the long term. And here’s the reality. The Philly defense is a strength. The offense has become a liability, with fewer than 250 yards gained in two straight games and a dismal two-for-21 showing on third down in back-to-back losses. With the Vikings discovering that a potent defense and a no-frills offense that focuses more on protecting the ball than having explosive plays can provide a formula for winning (their streak dating back to 2025 stands at nine games), other teams will be paying attention. Which means that everyone should be paying attention to what the Eagles do between now and the trade deadline with other key pieces of an offense that is struggling to stay on the field.
Looking at the Salary Cap Impact of Lane Johnson’s Retirement – Over The Cap
The Eagles cap position next year is middle of the NFL and a bit worse than that for 2028. While they do not have the flexibility some other teams have to create more and more cap room, they are also not in a position of the roof caving in on them. […] In any case the retirement of Johnson, while abrupt, should not materially change the Eagles salary cap situation moving forward, good or bad. It should basically remain status quo. I will update the numbers once we get some concrete information on Johnson’s reserve status with the team moving forward.
10 Fantasy Football Takeaways from Week 4: What’s wrong with Jalen Hurts and Kyler Murray? – NBC Sports
The Eagles’ problems are twofold. They’re bad on early downs. And they’re bad on late downs. If they just fix both of those issues they can turn the season around. After removing garbage time, the Eagles are the fifth-most run-heavy offense on first and second down, taking the air out of the football on 51.9 percent of their plays. In theory, this makes sense. They are the 14th-best team at running on early downs. In practice, they are still averaging -.07 EPA per play on early down runs, because that’s simply an ineffective way to start drives. Passing more on early downs wouldn’t fix the issue, though. They are averaging a slightly better EPA per play when passing, but that number is still in the negative and ranks 24th among all teams. Because they can’t run or pass on early downs, Philly needs eight yards on average to move the chains on third downs, a bottom-five mark this year. This puts Jalen Hurts in an obvious passing situation, and he has never excelled in that area. Even during his peak (2022-2024), Hurts had an average first-down conversion rate on third and long. He was below-average in both interception and sack rate on third and long. This year, he has more interceptions plus sacks than first downs on third and long. Philly ranks 29th in EPA per play on these plays. The lack of pass-catching talent is exacerbating this issue, but it was lurking in the background even when the team had A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. I’m not sure there is a fix for this catastrophe during the season.
Spadaro: Cam Jurgens trade provides a unique win now, win later situation – PhiladelphiaEagles.com
This is the perspective, explained many times, that Eagles Executive Vice President/General Manager Howie Roseman constantly juggles: One eye on the “now” and one eye on the “future.” In the case of trading offensive lineman Cam Jurgens to Baltimore on Wednesday along with a 2027 seventh-round draft choice and receiving a 2027 fifth-round draft pick and a 2028 second-round draft pick, Roseman saw both pictures with 20/20 clarity. “We weren’t looking to move Cam,” Roseman said shortly after the trade was announced. “Obviously, the Ravens have been looking for a center. (And I) kind of told them that 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 (and for the Eagles). 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. We’ve had a chance to watch Drew (Kendall) here play center is doing a nice job. We have a young player there. We’re trying to win this year. I think, from my perspective, just looking at what is the ultimate goal, which is to win the last game of the year, and then to have a run like we’ve had.”
Week 4 DVOA: Rams and Panthers Rising – FTN Fantasy
The Eagles rank 22nd in DVOA. Their Week 5 opponent ranks second in DVOA. The two teams the Eagles have beaten this year rank 28th and 29th in DVOA.
The Rams, Bears and Panthers all make healthy jumps this week and now rank seventh, eighth and ninth. The Rams’ win over the Eagles was much larger in the play-by-play than in the final score, as they had 96% Post-Game Win Expectancy.
NY Giants’ WR Malik Nabers misses practice, says he is ‘sore’ – Big Blue View
Coming off his best game of the season, a six-catch, 112-yard effort against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers did not practice on Wednesday for the Giants. The official reason was listed as a knee injury. Nabers said after the workout that he practiced “as much as I could.” Nabers worked with trainers on the side. Asked to specify his injury, Nabers simply said “sore. Sore.” Could he possibly miss Sunday’s game? “We’ll see how the next day goes,” Nabers said. “Through the week I’m usually sore. This was a little bit more sore, but I always continue to fight through it.”
5 things to watch when the Cowboys host the Buccaneers – Blogging The Boys
1) Another escape artist. The Cowboys have struggled to contain mobile quarterbacks this year, allowing over 50 rushing yards to QBs in each of their first three games. Fortunately, that annoying streak ended last week when the not-so-mobile C.J. Stroud was held in check. That running reprieve quickly ends Thursday as the Cowboys now draw rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels, who is filling in for Baker Mayfield after the veteran injured his thumb a couple of weeks ago. Daniels is very elusive, and he does a great job extending plays and keeping his eyes downfield. He’s one of those quarterbacks who does his best work on the run, showing the ability to make good throws without resetting his feet. But more concerning is how the Bucs will likely have a good dose of rollouts and designed keepers to exploit the Cowboys’ undisciplined defense. They’d be foolish not to. Don’t be surprised if the Cowboys’ defense clamps down most of the time, but gives them extra chances because of their inability to contain Daniels. Expect a little frustration.
Commanders vs. Giants Wednesday injury report: Stefon Diggs unavailable – Hogs Haven
The Commanders injury list is so long. Like, scroll down and check it out. Things are getting, well, extreme when it comes to player availability. The receiver corps has been hit hard, with the top pass catching options missing time with hamstring issues. We knew that Terry McLaurin was dealing with one, but seeing Stefon Diggs on the injury list was a surprising development.
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