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Philadelphia Eagles' schedule 2020: Prime-time performers, again


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The Philadelphia Eagles' schedule for 2020 was released Thursday.

The regular season kicks off with the Houston Texans visiting the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday, Sept. 10 (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC). The opening doubleheader for Monday Night Football will feature the Pittsburgh Steelers at the New York Giants (7:10 p.m. ET, ESPN) and the Tennessee Titans at the Denver Broncos (10:20 p.m. ET) on Monday, Sept. 14.

 
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Check out the full week-by-week schedule here. Here's what is in store for the Eagles:

Game-by-game prediction

Eagles reporter Tim McManus is predicting a 10-6 finish:

Sept. 13: at Washington, Loss

Sept. 20: vs. L.A. Rams, Win

Sept. 27: vs. Cincinnati, Win

Oct. 4: at San Francisco, Loss

Oct. 11: at Pittsburgh, Win

Oct. 18: vs. Baltimore, Loss

Oct. 22: vs. N.Y. Giants, Win

Nov. 1: vs. Dallas, Win

Nov. 8: BYE

Nov. 15: at N.Y. Giants, Win

Nov. 22: at Cleveland, Loss

Nov. 30: vs. Seattle, Win

Dec. 6: at Green Bay, Win

Dec. 13: vs. New Orleans, Loss

Dec. 20: at Arizona, Win

Dec. 27: at Dallas, Loss

Jan. 3: vs. Washington, Win

Strength of schedule: 25th, .486

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There are a pair of three-game stretches that really stand out and will help shape how the 2020 season goes for Philadelphia. The first is the October gantlet featuring the 49ers, Steelers and Ravens, and the other is a December trip to Green Bay sandwiched by home games against the Seahawks and Saints. This schedule is a mix of serious contenders and some teams on the come-up, and might prove trickier than the initial strength of schedule forecasts.

Prime-time performers

The Eagles are slated to play in four regular-season prime-time games, including on Monday Night Football against the Seahawks in a rematch of last season's wild-card playoff game. This is the 14th straight season Philadelphia has been scheduled to play four or more games under the lights.

It all comes down to Dallas

Boy, that trip in late December to Jerry's World has make-or-break written all over it. Last year's NFC East crown was essentially decided in a Dec. 22 game between these two in Philly with the Eagles winning 17-9. This time, it's in Big D for what promises to be a heavyweight match with serious playoff implications.

 

Not a terrible prediction.  I think we open with a win but could easily see us dropping the 2nd game against the Redskins.  I think we lose in Arizona (we always lose in Arizona), but beat the Browns.  10 wins sounds right.

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With the probability of a truncated off-season, I would imagine that if the season occured, play would be sloppy for the first month. Teams coming into with continuity-- same coach, same core of players-- would have an advantage. I'd think the Eagles have an edge in the division initially. We take the opener. 

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How can he predict a loss to the Redskins in the first game but a win in the last.

 

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1 hour ago, Perforator said:

How can he predict a loss to the Redskins in the first game but a win in the last.

 

Yeah, I'm kind of with you there, too.  Like @Erie said, teams with new coaches / systems are going to be severely disadvantaged early on.  I would heavily favor the us to win that one, but you never know.  

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We arent losing to the foreskins week one. And why does everyone think we are losing to the Cardinals? (They suck)

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2 minutes ago, Uscg-green said:

We arent losing to the foreskins week one. And why does everyone think we are losing to the Cardinals? (They suck)

I still remember when the Cards were in the NFC East.  No matter how bad they were, we'd always go out there and lose.

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And seriously when did the seachickens become part of our division? We play them every year.

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On 5/8/2020 at 3:45 PM, greenskeeper said:

abolish prime-time games

1pm or 4pm ONLY

NO! That's a terrible idea. Everyone should be able to watch prime-time games and their teams toplay.

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