Eagles

10 Thoughts on the Eagles’ Schedule

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: May 15th, 2026 · 11:43 AM EDT

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Philadelphia Eagles 2026 schedule graphic shared by the team on social:

Thoughts:

1. At least the Washington games are early this year. There was so much Eagles/Commanders buzz coming off the 2025 NFC Championship Game, with Frankie Luvu being an asshole and the Commies enjoying this fake resurgence, yet both games were played so late into last season’s schedule that neither ended up mattering. Washington was banged up and the Birds ended up clinching against Marcus Mariota. It seems like the NFL schedule makers got the memo by having the Eagles and Commanders open against each other in Week 1 this time around.
2. Bears on Monday Night Football is one of the best games on the schedule. We owe them for last season’s thumping at the Linc.
3. Playing the Jags in London is a total snooze fest. Been there, done that, though 2018 was at Wembley and this time it’s gonna be at Tottenham’s stadium. At least Spurs fans will finally see some high-level football. Heyo!*
4. I love the Cowboys/Commies/Giants stretch leading into the break. Three straight divisional games, two in primetime, to really test this team ahead of week 10. The good thing is that the Eagles don’t have to travel much between the London game and the bye, just a short trip to Warshington in Week 8.
5. Week 10 is ideal for the bye. It’s smack in the middle of the season. Last year’s bye was Week 9 and during the Super Bowl season it was Week 5.
6. Not even remotely worried about the Yinzers at home coming out of the bye. That will be a look-ahead game with the Dallas Thanksgiving trip.
7. The Eagles are 2-0 against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving day and will be 3-0 after November 26th.
8. Arizona should be terrible, and Indy is beatable. You could really use two wins there going into a difficult Seattle/Houston/San Fran stretch. At least two of those games are at home, even if there’s a short turnaround between the Seahawks and Texans. And playing on Christmas Eve isn’t ideal (for parents especially), but by now I think we’ve all accepted that the NFL is going for world dominance and will play football any time, any place, any day of the week.
9. Ending the season with the Giants is fine. Feels like we always play one of those New York games in Week 16 or 17. Of course, the Birds will have already clinched their third straight NFC East title by that point, so it’s gonna be a Tanner McKee, Andy Dalton, or Cole Payton game.
10. Start time variety is good. There are five 1 p.m. starts, 5 second window starts (between 4 and 5 p.m.), 5 prime time starts, and then the 9:30 a.m. London start. Can’t get much more balance than that. There is something for everyone.

Going down the list, I’ve got the Birds at 11-6. If they win the games they’re expected to win – Tennessee, Arizona, Carolina, Pittsburgh – and then go at least 2-1 in their divisional home games, that’s six wins right there. That Rams game is tricky, but they’ve played LA well in recent years, and while the Panthers don’t outright stink anymore, they won the NFC South at 8-9 last season. Ideally, the Birds are 4-2 going into the Cowboys/Commies/Giants stretch and enter the bye no worse than 6-3. Afterward, we let Jesus take the wheel, as Carrie Underwood once said.

*We did an Arsenal joke a few weeks back, so now with a Tottenham joke we are even