The Philadelphia Eagles enter the 2020 NFL season with the expectations of a team that been to the playoffs three straight years now.
The Birds retooled and added speed to the skill positions while shoring up the cornerback position after acquiring Darius Slay.
The Eagles will battle it out with Dallas for NFC East supremacy and based on projections from Bleacher Report, the Birds only shot at the playoffs will be as a Wild Card entry.
The Eagles are projected to finish 9-7, one game behind the Cowboys who received a 10-6 projection.
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles entered the offseason with two clear needs: improving their secondary and receiving corps. They accomplished the first by trading for veteran cornerback Darius Slay, but they didn’t address receiver until the draft, in which they spent a first-round pick on TCU’s Jalen Reagor.
It won’t take long to find out how improved the reigning NFC champions are. The Eagles face the rival Cowboys for the first time in Week 8 in Philadelphia, and a Week 4 date with the San Francisco 49ers looms as their first big test outside the NFC East.
Like all of the teams in the NFC East, the Eagles face a relatively easy schedule. Philly’s opposing winning percentage of .486 ranks as the eighth-easiest slate in the NFL.
However, this Eagles team isn’t much different than the squad that went 9-7 last year. It isn’t hard to see their 2020 record being close to the same.
Prediction: 9-7
Philadelphia should be much improved defensively with the additions of Slay and defensive tackle Javon Hargrave. If the young receivers can find there way, while DeSean Jackson and Alshon Jeffery regain there form, the Eagles could indeed prove everyone wrong once again.
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