Eagles football blog

Deja ooh!

NFL schedules seldom are what they seem in April. A year ago at this time, the Eagles' 2006 dance card looked like rainbows and lollipops early and monsters and dragons late. So what happened? They went out and lost six of their first 11, then finished with five straight wins to make the playoffs.

On the surface, this season's schedule has the same kind of easy-early, tough-late look as last year's initially did. The Eagles face just one '06 playoff team in the first 4 weeks (at the Giants in Week 4) and don't face a club with an '06 winning record until Week 6, when they play the Jets (10-6) at the Meadowlands. And that comes after a Week 5 bye. FYI: the Eagles are 8-0 in games after the bye under coach Andy Reid. Continue

Eagles schedule 2007

Sept. 9  @ Green Bay  1 p.m.
Sept. 17 Washington 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 Detroit 1 p.m.
Sept. 30 @ Giants 8:15 p.m.
Oct. 7 Bye
Oct. 14 @ Jets 1 p.m.
Oct. 21 Chicago 4:15 p.m.
Oct. 28 @ Minnesota 1 p.m.
Nov. 4 Dallas 8:15 p.m.
Nov. 11 @ Washington 1 p.m.
Nov. 18 Miami 1 p.m.
Nov. 25 @ New England 8:15 p.m.
Dec. 2 Seattle 1 p.m.
Dec. 9 Giants 1 p.m.
Dec. 16 @ Dallas 4:15 p.m.
Dec. 23 @ New Orleans 1 p.m.
Dec. 30 Buffalo 1 p.m.

Eagles busy in exhibition

The Eagles will play their four preseason games over a span of 18 days, highlighted by a nationally televised meeting with the Steelers in Pittsburgh. The Birds will open their exhibition slate against the Ravens in Baltimore on Monday, Aug. 13, and host the Carolina Panthers at Lincoln Financial Field on a day to be determined over the weekend of Aug. 16-18. After meeting the Steelers in a prime-time slot on NBC on Sunday, Aug. 26, the Eagles will finish their preseason fine-tuning by hosting the New York Jets on Thursday, Aug. 30. The NFL regular season schedule, originally was to be released on the NFL Network Thursday afternoon, but has been delayed. It could be released as early as next week or as late as April 19. *

EAGLES PRESEASON SCHEDULE

Monday, Aug. 13: at Baltimore, TBA (6ABC)

August 16-18: CAROLINA, TBA (6ABC)

Sunday, Aug. 26: at Pittsburgh, 8 (NBC)

Thursday, Aug. 30: NY JETS, TBA (6ABC)

(Philly.com)