Philly's Easy Schedule

[Sportsbabe]

Has any discussed the fact that Philly may jump out to an early lead in the division? Their schedule is marshmallow soft. Our schedule is as tough as it gets. We're gonna have to keep reminding ourselves that this is a marathon and not a sprint. I still don't like the fact that Philly has it so easy. But, the consolation is that the Giants are in the same boat with us. They are going to be our real competition for the division.

Any thoughts?

 

[Portland Fanatic]

Don't we basically play the same teams???

 

[JonCJG]

Eagles still have six games in the NFC BEAST.

 

[Stash]

I see the Giants beating the Eagles in Week 2 and the Cowboys beating them in Week 5 so I don't think of their schedule as too soft to start. The "cupcakes" around those games are a different story.

But they pay for it at the end of the season when they'll be scrambling for wins on the road.
:iggles:

 

[LucaBrasi]

Their schedule at the end is brutal

 

[Doomsday101]

Philly:
@Houston

N.Y. Giants

@San Francisco

Green Bay

Dallas

@New Orleans

@Tampa Bay

Jacksonville

BYE
Washington

Tennessee

@Indianapolis

Carolina

@Washington

@N.Y. Giants

@Dallas

Atlanta

Dallas:
@Jacksonville

Washington

BYE
@Tennessee

@Philadelphia

Houston

N.Y. Giants

@Carolina

@Washington

@Arizona

Indianapolis

Tampa Bay

@N.Y. Giants

New Orleans

@Atlanta

Philadelphia

Detroit

 

[tomson75]

I've always found rating schedules before the season to be a complete waste of time. Odds are, especially in the NFC East this year, that the team with the worst record at the end of week 17 will have had the hardest schedule. Basing this on the records of last years teams is misspent energy IMO.

 

[Sportsbabe]

Don't we basically play the same teams???

Yeah, but I'm just talking about the excitement of the beginning of the season. You know how all the "chatter boxes" start to annoint players and teams as the best thing that happened to football since the invention of leather helmets. Once Philly starts smacking around the New Orleans, Texans, and Titans of the league, we'll start getting all the bad Sherrell press. You know, how much better they are without him and how he'll destroy the Cowboys .... I told you so, I told you so.

 

[Doomsday101]

I've always found rating schedules before the season to be a complete waste of time. Odds are, especially in the NFC East this year, that the team with the worst record at the end of week 17 will have had the hardest schedule. Basing this on the records of last years teams is misspent energy IMO.

I agree. Before FA is was a bit easier to look at a schedule and get an ideal of the difficulty of it. Now days last year is last year and means nothing heading into this year. Teams rise and fall so quickly due to player movement or injuries that teams can't overcome.

 

[Sportsbabe]

Philly:
@Houston

@San Francisco

Green Bay

@New Orleans

BYE

Tennessee

New Orleans

Hhhhmmm ... now that you put their whole schedule in front of me. I only see them winning 6 games Thanks, now I feel better.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I've always found rating schedules before the season to be a complete waste of time. Odds are, especially in the NFC East this year, that the team with the worst record at the end of week 17 will have had the hardest schedule. Basing this on the records of last years teams is misspent energy IMO.

Yeah, but I still say having a bye week so early (Cowboys in week 3) sucks. By the time you start getting things working good you have a long lay off, then you have to start again. Getting it during the middle of the season gives you a recovery period after you've already got everything going.

 

[Doomsday101]

Hhhhmmm ... now that you put their whole schedule in front of me. I only see them winning 6 games Thanks, now I feel better.

I wish I could say the same. Believe me I hate Philly more than any other franchise but I think that many on this board are wrong when talking about Philly. I think they are a much better team than many claim and while the most hated of the bunch McNabb is poked at around here I think the guy has shown very good talent as a QB over the years with not much help around him as far as WR (not counting TO for the 1 season) I think a healthy McNabb and Jim Johnson defense will make them a tough team this season. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think that will be the case. I really see this as a 4 team race for the division

 

[Angus]

I think that all four teams in the East play the same 14 of the 16 team schedule; 2 are different for each team because of the way they ended up last year. The Eagles play Green Bay and the 49ers; Dallas plays Detroit and Arizona; the Giants play Seattle and Chicago; and Washington plays Minnesota and St. Louis.

 

[SA_Gunslinger]

Has any discussed the fact that Philly may jump out to an early lead in the division? Their schedule is marshmallow soft. Our schedule is as tough as it gets. We're gonna have to keep reminding ourselves that this is a marathon and not a sprint. I still don't like the fact that Philly has it so easy. But, the consolation is that the Giants are in the same boat with us. They are going to be our real competition for the division.

Any thoughts?

uhhh, have you seen the END of their schedule? it's RIDICULOUSLY hard.


remember 1992....3-0 vs 3-0....MNF....philly stomped us to go to 4-0 and everyone annointed them as champs.

what happened? they stumbled down the stretch, and we crushed them in the playoffs.


same scenario here. in fact...if they DON'T have 7 or 8 wins by mid november, they will have no shot. so they better take care of their business early.

i've been saying this since the schedule came out....philly will start strong....maybe even have a better record than us when we play them, and the fans will go nuts, but it will all fall apart down the stretch.

you'll see.

 

[Smashmouth24]

I'm this close to breaking out the profanity.

 

[Timbo2st]

In the first 6 games, I could see the Eagles going 5-1 or 6-0.

 

[Phoenix-Talon]

I only have a couple of comments so I won't be very long.

Easy NFC-East in 2000 - 2004; Eagles window closes in 2004 after Superbowl loss to the Pats ...2005 an improved NFC-East slams the window shut; injuries not a factor!

2006 NFC-East is the Beast; Eagles purportedly have easy opening schdule but will (choke/fizzle out) be inconsistent due to the difficult 2nd part of the schedule.

Are you serious!? Even if I weren't an Eagles fan I'd be suspicious of those perspectives. First of all, there is no such thing as an "esasy" schedule! There are some schedules that are more difficult than others, but you know that anything can happen on any given Sunday ...upsets are alive and doing well! Coaches these days are not going to prepare any less under the assumption that one team is "easier" to beat than another.

Secondly, this so-called "difficult" teams during the 2nd half of our schedule Is just as rediculous. Remember, those difficult teams have played difficult teams during the 1st half of the schedule. That said, I do Not classify the Eagles as an "easy" team. If you fool yourself into believing that, I only hope Bill Parcells does the same when we meet you (BTW ...don't you guys have an unusually early BYE-Week? How do you think that will impact your team?)

Final point ...the Eagles (and fans) are coming off of a tumultuous 2005 season. Whether you believe that injuries were a factor or not, is irrelevant. Because the Eagle players have been quoted in saying that they have something to prove this year; especially in the NFC-East. Now that doesn't necessarily strike fear in the hearts of anyone, but the statement there is that the Eagles have improved since 2005. Those difficult teams had better be prepared to ply difficult games if they expect to compete with the Eagles in 2006!

Bank on it!

 

[Doomsday101]

(BTW ...don't you guys have an unusually early BYE-Week? How do you think that will impact your team?)

Bank on it!

Hate the fact that we got stuck with a week 3 bye. Much rather see that around week 6 of the season chances are your dealing with a lot more bumps and bruises at that stage than you will see after 2 weeks. One saving grace for the Cowboys is the 11 days off after Thanksgiving.

 

[Smashmouth24]

Hate the fact that we got stuck with a week 3 bye. Much rather see that around week 6 of the season chances are your dealing with a lot more bumps and bruises at that stage than you will see after 2 weeks. One saving grace for the Cowboys is the 11 days off after Thanksgiving.

It works both ways. What if the Cowboys start 0-2...the BYE will be looking hot. Like fat chicks at last-call.

 

[SA_Gunslinger]

Are you serious!? Even if I weren't an Eagles fan I'd be suspicious of those perspectives.

i'm pretty sure that 3 straight divisional road games in december is something i hope to never see on a cowboys schedule.

you call it bias....i call it harsh reality.