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Analysis of Sportsbook Data has Eagles with NFL’s Sixth-Hardest Schedule
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The Eagles in 2025 will play a lot of teams that went to the playoffs last year. Ten, to be exact, with the Chiefs, Broncos, Bucs, Chargers, Bills, Commies (2x), Rams, Vikings, and Packers on the regular season schedule.
As such, the Eagles schedule is one of the league’s most difficult.
At our sister site Sports Betting Dime, a strength of schedule ranking lists the Birds with the 6th-toughest road in front of them:
- Giants: 155.9
- Browns: 153.4
- Lions: 153
- Vikings: 152.2
- Bears: 150.4
- Eagles: 150
- Steelers: 149.8
- Packers: 149.4
The numbers are combined expected win totals for 2025 opponents, so in the case of the Eagles, their 17 opponents are projected to win 150 total games, an average of 8.82 each. That’s according to an analysis of odds and totals set by the various sportsbooks.
New York has the hardest schedule, in part because they have to play the Eagles twice and Commanders twice. Writes Matt McEwan:
After looking at the Giants’ 2025 schedule, Jaxson Dart may be lucky to ride the bench in his rookie season. New York will have to deal with the defending champion Eagles twice (as always), the NFC-runner-up Commanders twice (as always), and also have two games against what I believe is an underrated Cowboys team. Of their three divisional foes, Dallas has the lowest win total set at sportsbooks, with the average over/under coming out to 7.8.
The projection has San Francisco with the easiest schedule, partly due to the sportsbooks thinking that the NFC West is a division of parity with no obvious favorite. The Niners also get the relatively-weak NFC South, plus the Bears, Browns, and Giants.
Regardless, you have to beat who they put in front of you. The Eagles are the defending Super Bowl champions. No one said repeating was gonna be easy. If you’re scared of the schedule, get a dog.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com