Feb 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles center Cam Jurgens (51) against the Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl LIX at Ceasars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
The Eagles don't intend to break up the party anytime soon.
After finalizing a $68 million contract extension with center Cam Jurgens to keep him in midnight green through 2029, the team has its offensive core locked in for years.
Eagles agree to terms with center Cam Jurgens on four-year, $68M extension. (via @rapsheet) pic.twitter.com/9evAWQUPum
The Eagles have ten of their eleven 2024 offensive starters under contract for the 2025 season. Guard Mekhi Becton departed in free agency, and many observers expect the team to cut ties with tight end Dallas Goedert soon as well. But returning even nine offensive starters is an impressive feat for a championship squad.
The Birds also have eight of their 2025 offensive starters under contract through at least the 2027 season (QB Jalen Hurts, RB Saquon Barkley, WRs A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, LT Jordan Mailata, LG Landon Dickerson, Jurgens, RG Tyler Steen, and RT Lane Johnson) and seven under contract through at least 2028 (the same group minus Steen). Like Jurgens, Brown is under contract through 2029.
That sort of continuity doesn't come about by accident. It takes careful planning, strong drafts, and some financial wizardry.
"I think for us, generally, we want to draft guys, we want to extend our own guys, especially the homegrown guys who’ve had success,” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said earlier this offseason. "They’re part of us. And so you’re always looking at those guys as the first layers."
The Eagles did suffer some significant losses on the defensive side of the ball this offseason. DT Milton Williams, DE Josh Sweat, CB Darius Slay, and S C.J. Gardner-Johnson, among others, won't be back this year. But that doesn't change Roseman's expectations.
"We’re in a position now where every decision we make is going to affect something else," Roseman said. "That doesn’t mean that I’m trying to lower expectations. Obviously, the goal remains the same. But how we do it is going to look different."
Turns out, at least on offense... maybe not so different.
