Roob’s annual annotated week-by-week look at the Eagles’ 2024 schedule originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
They only play one team after Week 4 that won a playoff game in 2023. They only face two 2023 playoff teams back-to-back once all year. Four of their last five games are at home. Four of their last eight games are against teams that won six or fewer games last year.
And they only play one game south of the equator.
You can never be sure, but however you break it down, the Eagles’ 2024 sure looks more manageable than the 2023 schedule with its late-season murderer’s row.
Here’s our annual week-by-week look at what’s ahead for the Eagles this year.
Week 1
8:15 p.m. EST, Friday, Sept. 6
Packers at Eagles, Corinthians Arena, São Paulo, Brazil [Peacock]
The NFL’s first game in South America is the Eagles’ fifth consecutive season opener on the road, although it’s technically a home game. They opened in Washington in 2020, Atlanta in 2021, Detroit in 2022 and New England last year. The Eagles are 18-29 all-time vs. the Packers in a series that dates back to 1933 and a 35-9 loss in Green Bay in the third game in Eagles history. The Eagles beat the Packers 40-33 at the Linc in 2022 with 363 rushing yards. This will be the first Eagles-Packers game that isn’t in Philly or Green Bay since 1992, when the Eagles lost 27-24 at the Brewers’ old County Stadium in Milwaukee. The Eagles are 2-5-1 all-time on Fridays, most recently a 27-25 win over the Cowboys at the Cotton Bowl in 1960. Their last Friday opener was a 21-14 loss to the Cards at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1948. They won the NFL Championship both years. The Packers were one of the NFL’s hottest teams at the end of last year, winning six of their last eight and beating the Cowboys in Dallas in the wild-card round before losing by three points in San Francisco.
Week 2
8:15 p.m., Monday, Sept 16
Falcons at Eagles, Lincoln Financial Field [ESPN]
The Falcons make their first trip to…
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