Cam Jurgens

[Dr.DrakeRamoray]

Announced as voted into the pro bowl

 

[herbsinator]

Happy for the guy. It’s been a long journey for sure.

 

[SOHusker11]

 

[doublewing]

He was the ideal replacement for Kelce. Athletic guy that can get out on the move in their running game. Not many centers out there that can pull like he can.

 

[Quint]

He was the ideal replacement for Kelce. Athletic guy that can get out on the move in their running game. Not many centers out there that can pull like he can.

One of the better athletes I’ve seen play the position.

 

[Fitzjess21]

This might be the only thing Frost got right during his tenure as HC.

 

[Frogsker30]

Great accounced

 

[Pipe Line]

Wild to think he had a tough time snapping only a few short years ago

 

[HCFord1]

Wild to think he had a tough time snapping only a few short years ago

Also wild that a lot of fans were ready to write him off

 

[RedSeaRising]

Congrats to Cam Jurgens as he becomes the first former employee of mine to be selected for a Pro Bowl. I'm sure he will thank me in his speech

 

[Pipe Line]

Also wild that a lot of fans were ready to write him off

We're stupid

 

[Goskers07]

Hes got a hell of a story. From top TE, to center that couldn't snap, to most athletic lineman we've seen in years, to pro bowl. Good for him.

 

[herbsinator]

We're stupid

Maybe but he was legitimately fucking up the entire offense for a while

 

[Husker_in_OK]

As both a Husker AND Eagles fan, AND former Beatrice HS grad, I am super stoked for Cam and all he's accomplished. I've watched all the Eagles games this year, and Jurgens does everything at a high level and also does things that most Centers can't do.

WIshing him a long successful career ..

 

[Quint]

Maybe but he was legitimately fucking up the entire offense for a while

It was a bit of a tire fire for a while. The right move when he was learning to play the position was to play someone else and let him get a series here and there.

The whole process from declaration that he was an NFL center in the making (turned out to be 100% accurate), to the insane off season weight gain, to dealing with injuries, to him starting right away looked a lot like an ‘I’m going to prove I’m right’ moment for the previous staff. Make him play behind someone for a year and he’s likely here his Senior year instead of declaring early.

 

[Pipe Line]

It was a bit of a tire fire for a while. The right move when he was learning to play the position was to play someone else and let him get a series here and there.

The whole process from declaration that he was an NFL center in the making (turned out to be 100% accurate), to the insane off season weight gain, to dealing with injuries, to him starting right away looked a lot like an ‘I’m going to prove I’m right’ moment for the previous staff. Make him play behind someone for a year and he’s likely here his Senior year instead of declaring early.

Almost too bad Ben Scott wasn't here right before Cam.

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

It was a bit of a tire fire for a while. The right move when he was learning to play the position was to play someone else and let him get a series here and there.

The whole process from declaration that he was an NFL center in the making (turned out to be 100% accurate), to the insane off season weight gain, to dealing with injuries, to him starting right away looked a lot like an ‘I’m going to prove I’m right’ moment for the previous staff. Make him play behind someone for a year and he’s likely here his Senior year instead of declaring early.

The problem was it was either Jurgens -who would misfire a number of snaps each game, but provide the only spark blocking-wise on the interior line - or else Will Farniok, who wasn't prone to snap wildly, but was also both young & very borderline as to being a P5 talent.

Neither way felt like the right move, but our OL room had been undermanned & poorly managed for a long time, so we were picking our poison.

 

[Quint]

Almost too bad Ben Scott wasn't here right before Cam.

Ideally he learns from a seasoned FBS center. I know that’s not always how it works, but it would have made a big difference for a guy who’d never played any position along the line before.

 

[Quint]

The problem was it was either Jurgens -who would misfire a number of snaps each game, but provide the only spark blocking-wise on the interior line - or else Will Farniok, who wasn't prone to snap wildly, but was also both young & very borderline as to being a P5 talent.

Neither way felt like the right move, but our OL room had been undermanned & poorly managed for a long time, so we were picking our poison.

I don’t disagree that this was at minimum some level of choosing your method of execution. I still suspect even half the season behind an actual offensive lineman would have made a difference in the results that year.

Granted, things obviously turned out fine for Jurgens. Of course playing behind and/or with Kelce didn’t suck either.

 

[...TrueColors...]

I remember the days where Cam couldn’t snap the ball. Now Jason Kelce likely gives him an “atta boy” for a job well done.