A former NFL star believes the Philadelphia Eagles waved the white flag on the 2026 season when trading Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens. The day after Lane Johnson's retirement, the Eagles weakened their offensive line further by trading their Pro Bowl center. Philadelphia sent Jurgens and a 2027 seventh-round pick to Baltimore for a 2027 fifth-round pick and 2028 second-round pick.
Terron Armstead thinks the Eagles are giving up after back-to-back losses and Johnson's retirement. The former Pro Bowl tackle reacted to the unexpected trade for CBS Sports. "This is a tale of two teams," Armstead said.
The Ravens are adding for a Super Bowl run. They're trying to compete this year. This is a message that they are about to start a different process.
Because you don't lose two Pro Bowlers in the same day for nothing." Saquon Barkley is also dealing with a hamstring injury, and the Eagles played without DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert in Week 4. Without those key offensive pieces, the Eagles didn't score in the second half and squandered a 10-point lead in a 24-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Armstead believes Sunday's "implosion" motivated the Eagles to start rebuilding for 2027 and beyond.
That creates a golden opportunity for a rival to win an injury-ravaged NFC East. "That might have been the last straw," Armstead said. "Listen, I would love for this to be an overreaction, but you don't trade your Pro Bowl center after losing your all-world tackle in the same day unless you have plans of doing something different.
And you don't get a player back. The sky just opened up for the Dallas Cowboys. That's what I see." The Eagles could try to prove Armstead wrong when they go to London to play the Jacksonville Jaguars this Sunday.
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