Over the next few weeks leading up to training camp, we\u2019ll be counting down the top 25 most important Eagles for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
25. Eli Stowers<\/a> Eagles center Cam Jurgens was named to his second consecutive Pro Bowl in 2025 but he clearly wasn\u2019t the same player.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old battled through injuries last season and they took their toll.<\/p>\n So after last season ended with a disappointing loss in the wild card round, Jurgens (and left guard Landon Dickerson) went to Colombia for stem cell therapy. And a few months later, Jurgens said he felt much better.<\/p>\n \u201cStem cells have been going on for a long time now,\u201d Jurgens said. \u201cI\u2019m not the first one, won\u2019t be the last one. Just a lot of good cases of people going down there and saying it helps me heal. It\u2019s going to help you get into a better position. We\u2019re paid a lot of money to do our job and we have to use all the resources we can.\u201d<\/p>\n Jurgens was awesome in 2024 and somehow played through an extremely painful back injury in the second half of the NFC Championship Game and then the Super Bowl two weeks later. But after the season, Jurgens needed surgery. He then had to rehab and training camp came quickly. He never really got much of an offseason. PFF ranked Jurgens as the 18th-best center in the NFL last season.<\/p>\n The last few months have been key for Jurgens to get his body right; having a real offseason was helpful. And that\u2019s a big deal. Because when Jurgens is healthy, he\u2019s one of the best centers in the NFL.<\/p>\n This upcoming season with be Jurgens\u2019 fifth in the NFL and his third as the Eagles\u2019 full-time starting center. He took over that role when Jason Kelce retired after the 2023 season. Jurgens, a 2022 second-round pick, has definitely been worth that pick.<\/p>\n The Eagles will need him to get back to form in 2026 as they implement a new offensive scheme under new OC Sean Mannion. This wide-zone blocking scheme will accentuate the offensive line\u2019s athleticism.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI like the system,\u201d Jurgens said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve always liked teams that run it. I feel like it lets you be a little more of an athlete, lets you run around and play free. So I\u2019m excited for that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the next few weeks leading up to training camp, we\u2019ll be counting down the top 25 most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7353,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-236150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-eagles-analysis","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
24. Marcus Epps<\/a>
23. Dontayvion Wicks<\/a>
22. Tyler Steen<\/a>
21. Moro Ojomo<\/a>
20. Drew Mukuba<\/a>
19. Jihaad Campbell<\/a>
18. Nolan Smith<\/a>
17. Jalyx Hunt<\/a>
16. Dallas Goedert<\/a>
15. Makai Lemon<\/a>
14. Riq Woolen<\/a>
13. Cam Jurgens<\/p>\n