Super Bowl runner-up rings: What NFL players really think

Elizabeth MerrillFeb 10, 2026, 07:00 AM ET

CloseElizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald.Open Extended Reactions

FOUR MONTHS AFTER the Philadelphia Eagles lost Super Bowl LVII, Cam Jurgens glanced at the team schedule and came upon something that stopped him.

“Ring Ceremony.”

It was June 2023, and Philadelphia still wasn’t over its 38-35 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. “What the hell is the ring ceremony for?” Jurgens, then a second-year offensive lineman, muttered. “We lost.”

But it was supposed to be a nice thing. The

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