The NFL finally released their 2021 schedule last night. The opponents list has been known for some time know, meaning we knew who and where the Eagles were laying in 2021, we just didn’t know when. In addition to the NFC East opponents that the Eagles will play twice, the Eagles will also battle the NFC South, AFC West, the 49ers, the Lions, and the NY Jets. This year the NFL has implemented a 17th game (the Jets) which will be determined on a rotation between divisions.
Per the NFL network, here is how the 17th game will be picked: “One interconference game based on the prior year’s standings on a rotating four-year cycle (one game). These games match a first-place team from one division against a first-place team in an opposite conference division that the team is not scheduled to play that season. The second-place, third-place and fourth-place teams in each division are matched in the same way each year. The home conference for this game will rotate each season.”
Since the Eagles are already playing the AFC West, and drew the AFC East NY Jets as their 17th game, next year I would expect the Eagles to face someone from the AFC North in 2022.
The Eagles are slated to have one of, if not the easiest schedule in the NFL. For a rebuilding team that is music to their ears. Starting with their division, the NFC East by no means is a juggernaut. While you can make a case that each team has gotten better, neither Dallas, NY, or Washington are complete teams. At worst I could see the Eagles losing 4 games in the division.
As we said earlier, the Eagles are playing both the NFC South and the AFC West. In the coming weeks, we’ll dive into the matchups more in-depth but on the surface you can’t help but realize the level of QB play our defense is going to have to face. In the NFC South you have to face Sam Darnold and the Panthers, Matt Ryan and the Falcons, Jameis Winston and the Saints, and oh, Tom Brady and the Super Bowl champs.
The AFC West provides just as tough of a challenge. They will face Derek Carr, Drew Lock/Teddy Bridgewater, Justin Herbert, and Patrick Mahomes.
2021 Philadelphia Eagles Schedule:
| DATE | TIME | OPPONENT | H/A |
| 9-12 | 1pm | Atlanta Falcons | Away |
| 9-19 | 1pm | San Fran 49ers | Home |
| 9-27 | 8:30pm | Dallas Cowboys | Away |
| 10-3 | 1pm | Kansas City Chiefs | Home |
| 10-10 | 1pm | Carolina Panthers | Away |
| 10-14 | 8:20pm | Tampa Bay Bucs | Home |
| 10-24 | 4:25pm | Las Vegas Raiders | Away |
| 10-31 | 1pm | Detroit Lions | Away |
| 11-7 | 1pm | LA Chargers | Home |
| 11-14 | 4:25pm | Denver Broncos | Away |
| 11-21 | 1pm | New Orleans Saints | Home |
| 11-28 | 1pm | New York Giants | Away |
| 12-5 | 1pm | New York Jets | Away |
| 12-12 | BYE WEEK | ||
| 12-18/19 | TBD | Washington Football Team | Home |
| 12-26 | 1pm | New York Giants | Home |
| 1-2 | 1pm | Washington Football Team | Away |
| 1-9 | 1pm | Dallas Cowboys | Home |
The Nick Sirianni era will kick off in Atlanta on September 12th vs the Falcons. It will be the battle of first time head coaches as Atlanta kick starts the Arthur Smith era as well. Highly touted rookies Kyle Pitts and Devonta Smith will also make their debuts against each other. Matt Ryan, who went to William Penn Charter in PA, is 4-4 lifetime against the Eagles with 17 TD and 12 INT.
The hardest stretch seems to be weeks 2-6 as the Eagles will face some difficult QB play. During that stretch the Eagles will face Jimmy Garoppolo, Dak Prescott, Patrick Mahomes, Sam Darnold, and Tom Brady. In addition to the tough QB’s they’ll face the early matchups also include some talented skill players. In the same span the Eagles will play Julio Jones, Calvin Ridley, Kyle Pitts, Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk, George Kittle, Amari Cooper, CeeDee Lamb, Tyreek Hill, Christian McCaffery, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Antonio Brown. The Eagles secondary has many questions coming in and the opening 6 weeks of games will likely result in more questions than answers.
One positive to take away, per John Clark, the Eagles will not have to board a plane for the final 8 weeks of the season. The easy travel down the stretch could bode well for the rebuilding team should they find their grove late in the season.
Once again NFL is king of american sports. The draft has had bigger audiences than NBA playoffs, the releasing of the schedule is a 2 day media cycle– the draft– Pre, draft itself and post draft is a months long sports news domination.
Many reasons for it…. the 17 game schedule makes each game uber important where the other sports (hockey and hoops especially) have meaningless seasons.
NFL does it again!– people are actually going down and picking W/L in May– hilarioius.
Tough Schedule starting out but not too bad after Week #6 and no real far Road Games after the Week #11 with last big Trip to Denver on 11/14- so that’s a lot of extra-practice and healing time for the last 1/3rd of the Season
which the Eagles have also enjoyed the last 2 Seasons.. Having a Very Late BYE Week is probably not a good thing with a Young Team and Coaching Staff and doesn’t come until 12/12 which seems ridiculous to me
They won’t face an opponent coming off a “Bye” Week which is nice for a Change
To me the Critical stretch is the 3 Games between Week 4 and 7 when they Play the Chiefs, Go to Carolina and then Host TB Bucs on a Thursday Night which is 3 Games in 11 Days… If theEagles can hold on, play well and go 2-1 or even 1-2 during this Stretch, they have a shot for the 2nd Half of their Schedule, but if they Drop all 3 Games and are not competitive in this 11 Days Stretch, the Season could just get away from them..
I Look at the Season in Quarters like many do – 4 Game Stretches
1st Quarter – 2-2 is doable but they really have to Win the Opener for this to Occur, if not, they could be looking a 1-3 Start at best which is difficult to Overcome
2nd Quarter – 3-1 is doable but unlikely with a Road Win at Carolina, Vegas and Detroit as it’s hard to Win on the Road and especially with a Young Team in the NFL – so again, a 2-2 Stretch here is more likely
3rd Quarter – 2-2 is a must here with Home Games vs Chargers and Saints and a winnable Road Game versus Denver and then a Divisional Road Game at MetLIfe vs the Giants, If Eagles can protect Home Field and steal one of these Road Games, a 3-1 Stretch here is possible
Final 5 Game Stretch – At Jets, Hosting Washington, NY Giants, then At Washington and Finish Hosting the Cowboys at the Link… A 4 -1 or 3-2 Home Stretch is Possible if the Eagles are playing their Best Ball of the Season
Who knows how the Giants and Washington will look as the Eagles won’t face them until late in the Season
What Team is Healthy over the last Stretch of the Season, Who’s Locker Room and Coaching Staff are tight and pulling together in the same direction ? All this and more remains to be seen
The Key for the Eagles in 2021 is not necessarily their final Record or whether they make the Post-Season for that’s a lot to ask for a Newbie Coaching Staff and a lot of Young Players Playing (QB,WR,Secondary,etc,etc) learning new Schemes, etc, but does the Team and Coaching State show growth, matururity and improvement from Week #1 and if they do and finsh at 7-10 or 8-9 or even 6-11 but are competitive and playing hard down the Stretch , then Im ok with this for this is really what I expect from this 2021 Team as it will be a slow start for them most likely and then get stronger as the season goes along as all get more familiar with each other, their Coaches, Responsibilities and Schemes , which I think will happen
Get a Proven CB2 and I would feel a lot better about their chances for success in Year 1
There are some High Powered Offenses and Top QB/Receiver Groups out of the Gate vs Falcons, Cowboys,CHiefs, TB Bucs, Chargers, etc,etc so the Eagles can use the Help now in the Secondary to have a fighting chance
Impossible to game by game. New coaches, new QBs, no injury reports. Every year teams that were supposed to be good are bad and vice versa. Sixers headed to a 1 seed, Phillies getting into full swing, flyers miss the playoffs and people are more interested in hypothetical guesses.. insanity rules
6 to 8 Wins projected for the Eagles for 2021
They have very 5 winnable matchups but most of these Games are on the Road – Atlanta, Carolina, Denver, Detroit, Jets,
Home Games are versus the better Teams on their Schedule like 49ers, Chiefs, TB Bucs, Chargers and Saints .. but these Trams have to travel to Philly and teams like the 49ers and Saints have unsettled QB Situations so who knows how good they will be in 2021
But early on, the Defense will face some of the Top QB’s in M Ryan,D Prescott, P Mahomes, T Brady, J Herbert , then Ryan Fitzpatrick late in the Season with Washington and who has had big Games vs the Eagles
Can this Eagles Offense score 28-30 Points a game, for they will need to, if they want to compete with some of these Teams they face this Season
Wait in your 1:04 post you absolutely say 12 wins is possible! Now you are saying 6-8? Weird dude.
12 Wins are Possible based on their opponents they Play but with most of these lesser Teams Games on the Road, its not going to happen so the Realistic opinion is for 6 to 8 Wins for 2021
Falcons,Panthers,Raiders,Detroit,Denver,Jets are 6 Games they have a chance to Win
but they are all on the Road and will be fortunate to Win 3 of these 6 Road Games
Home Games vs 49ers,Chiefs, TB Bucs, Chargers & Saints probably results in 3 Wins at best
Split Versus the Giants, maybe the Cowboys and you have 8 Wins
So next January you can correctly say:
1. As PM predicted this was a 6-8 win team
2. As PM predicted this was a 10-12 win team
This is not a 10-12 Win Team, No Way, No How …
Even if the Eagles by having the easiest Schedule in the NFL per Opponents W/L % Last Season, this Team has way too many ? about their Coaching Staff/Schemes/Young Players/ Eagles have the least Talented Secondary in all the NFL, Unproven Inexperienced Players at WR and at QB in Terms of NFL Experience..
8 Wins in 2021 would actually be a successful Season in my book and a path that they are heading in the Right Direction…
Hey the 76ers can tank for 5-6 Seasons with no questions asked but all of a Sudden, the Eagles take 1-2 Years to Rebuild and all hell breaks lose… If QB Hurts plays well in 2021 and shows improvement and the leadership to be a Legitimate #1 QB in the NFL, then the Eagles are sitting in great Shape for 2022 and 2023 .. That’s what this Season is about, besides getting the New Coaches developing Players and Re-Building the Roster
I would not be surprised to see many Players rotate in Games on both sides of the ball and yes this means along the OL and DL during games throughout the Season so that these Coaches know what they have for they are not going to learn all about these 60 Players in a watered down Summer Camp.. Heck let Dillard, Dickerson, Driscoll rotate in with the Starters to give them experience.
Game 1 – Loss to Falcons 36-26
Game 2 – Loss to 49ers 26-17
Game 3 – Loss to Cowboys 36 -23
Game 4 – Loss to Chiefs 30-26
Game 5 – Loss to Panther 32-23
Game 6 – Win over TB Bucs 27-26
Game 7 – Win over Raiders 34-31
Game 8 – Win over Lions 26-20
Game 9 – Loss to LA Chargers 33 – 20
Game 10 – Loss to Broncos 24-16
Game 11 – Win over Saints 26-24
Game 12 – Loss to NY Giants 24-19
Game 13 – Win over Jets 23-20
Bye Week
Game 14 – Loss to Washington 26-13
Game 15 – Win over NY Giants 22-17
Game 16 – Loss to Washington 30-17
Game 17 – Tie versus the Cowboys 24-24
Finish at 6-10-1 for the 2021 Season and finish with the 8th Overall Pick in the 2022 Draft
Hate the Cowboys as their final opponent for the Season, how many times in recent Seasons have we seen this final Game essentially be a meaningless Games to one or both Teams
Rivalry with Cowboys had lost its edge because of this in my opinion
KC Chiefs acquire former 1st Round CB Mike Hughes from the Vikings for a 6th Round Draft Pick in 2022
and the Vikings are sending the Chiefs a 2022 7th Round Pick so very little given up
Hughes has been a disappointment for the Vikings since having a torn ACL his Rookie Season
but he is only 24 Years Old with Potential and was highly touted 3 years ago when coming out of TCU
Chiefs are killing it this Off-Season … Their GM has done a fantastic and agressive job of Rebuilding their OL and Defense with Quality Players..
Their Starting OL will likely be LT O Brown (Trade from Ravens), LG J Thuney (All-Pro signed away from the Patriots) Center Austin Blythe (Solid Center signed from the Rams) RG Kyle long (Out of Retirement from the Bears) and RT M Remmers with Players like Devearney-Tardif, Draft Pick Creed Humphrey, Allegretti and Trey Smith and Prince Tego from the Eagles 2020 Drafat class they Picked up as Depth….
Nice Job Chiefs
Correction — CB Mike Hughes of Dover,De played College Ball at UCF (U of Central Florida) and not TCU
Reporters on Twitter posting videos of smith catching passes in drills and saying “real deal “ etc…. a WR catching a pass from a coach during a drill…. sports illustrated used to have a feature “a sign the apocalypse is upon us” and it would have some sort of sports over reaction…. well we are there…. guy won titles and Heisnann catching passes
Hope D Smith works out and will have a long productive NFL Career with the Eagles..
With his very thin, wiry frame, the concern is can he remain durable enough to have a long NFL Career?
I still don’t see him as a True #1 WR in the NFL when comparing him versus other #1 WR’s but he’s the most talented WR the Eagles have
NFL Defensive Secondaries and Coaches are way more physical, schemed up and bigger than even the SEC Conference that he dominated on a great College Team with Alabama last Season,that had 6 1st Round Selections in the Draft with the most creative OC in Sarkasian in College Football last Year
He won’t have the space to operate that opposing College Defenses gave him last year as Bama had so many weapons along with a dominant run game so he’s got to win those one on one battles versus bigger,stronger CB’s in the NFL every Week
It will be interesting to see D Smith develop and I hope Fans give him some time to adjust to the NFL Game and don’t place unrealistic expectations on him like many did on Jalen Reagor last Season..
WR and CB Positions along with QB’s have the biggest adjustments to make when entering the NFL from the College Game so all will have to be patient
Physicality has been taken away from NFL secondaries which is a plus for him. They will probably design a couple of wide open plays in the middle of the field but they will utilize the sideline as his friend. His route running they say s superior which puts him ahead of the rookie curve. He really should help Reagor… if hurts is real then the future is bright…
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