Procus Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Makes sense - if you have to cut any games from the schedule, makes sense to get rid of the interconference games first. That way, everybody will have played the same amount of interconference, intraconference and intradivisional games - if by chance weeks 1-4 of the regular season schedule gets chopped. https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2020/5/6/21250007/nfl-schedule-rumors-2020-four-weeks-feature-nfc-vs-afc-games-release-date-eagles-steelers-ravens-bgn Quote NFL Schedule Rumors: First four weeks will feature NFC vs. AFC games 27 comments Kicking things off with interconference matchups? By Brandon Lee Gowton@BrandonGowton May 6, 2020, 7:29pm EDT Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The 2020 NFL schedule will be officially revealed tomorrow evening at 8:00 PM Eastern on Thursday, May 7. Some teams — including the Philadelphia Eagles — will announce their schedules a little earlier at 7:30. Some schedule leaks will likely emerge even earlier than that. On that topic, there are already some rumors out there about what this year’s slate could look like. Longtime NFL reporter John Clayton told 93.7 The Fan that the 2020 schedule will begin with four straight weeks of NFC versus AFC matchups. Clayton later confirmed as much with Touchdown Wire. The opening weeks of the schedule will feature out-of-conference games, John Clayton confirmed to Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar this has been a league discussion. Clayton has heard this from multiple league sources over the last few weeks. The idea is to start with the out-of-conference games so if they need to shave the season off at the start, those games are the least important in a competitive sense. Assuming there’s validity to this rumor, the Eagles will begin the first quarter of their 2020 schedule against the AFC North. They have home games set against the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals while they’ll be on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. That division features a prolific group of quarterbacks with 2019 NFL MVP Lamar Jackson, two-time Super Bowl winner Ben Roethlisberger, 2020 No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow, and 2018 No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield. The Eagles’ defense could be tested early on. Of course, there’s no guarantee that these games will even take place. There’s a lot of uncertainty about the future amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Hopefully things will be safely back to normal sooner than later. But we’ll just have to see. We won’t need to wait as long to see if Clayton is right about this season starting with interconference matchups. Stay tuned to BGN for complete coverage of the Eagles’ 2020 schedule coming tomorrow. Here’s a reminder of all 13 opponents the Eagles will play this year: HOME — New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, New York Giants ROAD — Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, New York Giants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2rock Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Hoping our schedule starts against Baltimore week 1, Pittsburgh week 2, Cleveland week 3, and Cincinnati week 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchew88 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Tough schedule! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madriver Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Brutal schedule. Hope we stay healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, time2rock said: Hoping our schedule starts against Baltimore week 1, Pittsburgh week 2, Cleveland week 3, and Cincinnati week 4. Looks good. Toughest to weakest as the teams begin to get it together. Could be 4-0 going into week 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 12 hours ago, Procus said: They have home games set against the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals while they’ll be on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. Hmm mixed feelings there. Overall I'd prefer us to keep those games as I think there's a good chance to get at least 2 wins if not 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I got a notification on my tablet from NBC Sports Philadelphia that they believe that we'll open against the Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathByEagle Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I would love that since I wanted to go to Pittsburgh and Cleveland this year for the away game road trips. Hit them back to back would be awesome. Hop skip and a jump away. Just hoping all games are full of fans. Already paid my season ticket in full. I dont want my money back, I want butt in my seats. 2 hours ago, time2rock said: Hoping our schedule starts against Baltimore week 1, Pittsburgh week 2, Cleveland week 3, and Cincinnati week 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 57 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: I got a notification on my tablet from NBC Sports Philadelphia that they believe that we'll open against the Redskins. So I guess the whole AFC v. NFC for the first 4 weeks was not correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Milwaukee paper reporting Eagles at GB on Dec. 6. Will be a bit nippy that time of the year. https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/nfl-rumors-2020-eagles-schedule-leaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Procus said: So I guess the whole AFC v. NFC for the first 4 weeks was not correct Unless that NBC Sports Philly thing is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklinFldEBUpper Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, Procus said: So I guess the whole AFC v. NFC for the first 4 weeks was not correct That report came from a fake Twitter account. It made sense so everyone believed it. But it's obviously not what's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: I got a notification on my tablet from NBC Sports Philadelphia that they believe that we'll open against the Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2rock Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 2 hours ago, PoconoDon said: Looks good. Toughest to weakest as the teams begin to get it together. Could be 4-0 going into week 5. Or 0-0. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20dawk4life Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I hope not. I. Ore somthink the virus will come back later in the year, November December. Unless they plan to split the season I don't want division games early and often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Week 14, New Orleans at Philly - December 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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