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2025 NFL schedule launch: High 10 prime-time video games – NFL.com10) EAGLES vs. COWBOYS — Week 1: Thursday, Sept. 4 at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC. The 2025 NFL Kickoff Sport’s placement on this record is perfunctory, as it is going to seize our consideration all through the summer season. After we’re within the canine days, ready on coaching camp arrivals in July, we will look to this NFC East opener as what may very well be, and what can be, if solely we wait a couple of extra months. The matchup is one we’ve seen earlier than — many instances in prime time — however not as continuously on this type as one would possibly suppose. Jalen Hurts and Dak Prescott have solely confronted off thrice of their careers (the Cowboys QB is 2-1 in these matchups); one of many two QBs has missed seven of 10 potential conferences with damage or relaxation. The timing of this Week 1 conflict ensures, barring unlucky circumstances, that two of the league’s greatest can be accessible for an early-season litmus check between division rivals. […] 7) EAGLES at PACKERS: Week 10: Monday, Nov. 10 at 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN/ABC. Will Philly run the Tush Push on each play? This midseason rematch of the NFC Wild Card Sport is greater than only a conflict of convention blue bloods and perennial playoff groups. After dropping to the Eagles within the 2024 postseason, Inexperienced Bay was the workforce to suggest a ban this offseason on the near-unstoppable play synonymous with Philly’s offense. As of publication, the rule proposal has been tabled and is about to be taken up once more at subsequent week’s Spring League Assembly. Matt LaFleur and Nick Sirianni every have their camps, lobbying for and towards a ban of the Eagles’ deadly scrum, respectively. Whether or not or not a ban is finally instituted, there’ll seemingly be underlying unhealthy blood seeping into this Monday night time matchup, making it must-watch TV. […] 2) EAGLES vs. LIONS: Week 11: Sunday, Nov. 16 at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC. The NFC Championship Sport that ought to’ve been. No offense to backers of the Washington franchise, however NFL followers had been cheated out of a matchup between the convention’s two most dynamic offenses final January when the Commanders took out the Lions’ kneecaps within the Divisional Spherical. We’ll lastly get our Detroit-Philadelphia matchup in 2025, albeit with out each of the Lions’ coordinators and a variety of Eagles stars who departed within the offseason. Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley stay, nevertheless, to face off towards Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery in a showdown of smashmouth outfits. This long-lost matchup — the franchises’ first since 2022 (a 73-point barnburner between two unrecognizable sides) — might have simply been the NFL’s Kickoff Sport if the league had not opted for the attract of Brian Schottenheimer. However we’ll take it in Week 11. Hell, we’ll take it proper now.
2026 NFL Mock Draft: Very early projections for subsequent 12 months’s first spherical – BGNPhiladelphia Eagles – David Bailey, EDGE, Texas Tech: If the Eagles repeat as Tremendous Bowl champions, it means their cross rush in all probability didn’t miss Josh Sweat and Brandon Graham all that a lot. Nonetheless, can’t have sufficient of those guys within the wings.
Eagles Autism Problem raises a file $10 million in 2025 – NBCSPThe eighth annual Eagles Autism Problem set a file, elevating over $10 million, the workforce introduced Saturday afternoon. In all, the Eagles Autism Problem has raised greater than $40 million since its inception in 2018. All cash raised goes on to Autism analysis and look after these affected by it. The Problem has grown tremendously lately. In 2022, the occasion raised what was then a file $4.1 million. The 2023 Problem raised $6.2 million and final 12 months’s raised $8.1 million. In order that’s about $27 million simply since 2022.
Six NFL win whole over-unders I like – PhillyVoiceCommanders (over-under 9.5): The Commanders gained 4 video games in 2023. In 2024, they gained 12. That was the largest win whole enchancment within the NFL final season. It tied for the ninth greatest enchancment because the NFL went to a 16-game schedule. Right here’s a have a look at all of the groups which have had enhancements of 8 or wins in a season, after which what these groups did the 12 months after their huge enhancements (once more, because the NFL went to a minimum of 16-game schedule). Solely the 1996-1998 Jets had an enchancment as soon as once more after their preliminary breakout season. On common, the above groups skilled a lower of three.9 wins the next season. For the underneath to hit, the Commanders solely must lose three fewer video games, and it’s in all probability price noting that they’d some fortunate wins final season. Put me down for the underneath. UNDER 9.5.
Attempting to make sense of the Cowboys contrasting roster-building approaches – Running a blog The BoysGreen with envy: It’s no secret that the Philadelphia Eagles are very aggressive of their roster-building method. Cowboys’ followers alternate between jealousy and laughing at them, relying on their outcomes. Proper now, it’s envy. We’ve got spent fairly a bit explaining how the Eagles have chosen to borrow a ridiculous quantity of cap assets from future years by including so many void years to their gamers’ contracts. The Eagles have already got essentially the most money allotted to gamers in every of the subsequent three years, with over $700 million on their books. No different workforce is near that. Whereas the Cowboys’ entrance workplace has been extra energetic this 12 months, they aren’t altering their methods and following the Eagles’ method. They’re simply doing extra of what they do, which nonetheless consists of cautious spending. There have been no huge outdoors free agent purchases, nor did they manipulate contracts by excessively utilizing void years. The Cowboys are nonetheless doing Cowboys issues, however they’re simply doing just a little extra of it.
2025 NFL schedule launch: Judging overreactions to matchups – ESPNThe Cowboys might have a really sad vacation season. Dallas has a Week 10 bye, which is simply concerning the perfect time to have one. The Cowboys additionally come out of it to play on a Monday night time (in Las Vegas). So, the Cowboys could have 13 days off earlier than beginning the second half of their season. They’d higher relaxation up … After the Raiders sport, the Cowboys have a house matchup towards the Eagles on quick relaxation then a Thanksgiving Day sport towards the visiting Chiefs on even shorter relaxation. So after almost two weeks with out enjoying, they’ll have three video games in 11 days, with two of these coming towards final season’s Tremendous Bowl groups. Then they’re at Detroit the next Thursday earlier than dwelling video games towards the Vikings and Chargers in Weeks 15 and 16. Dallas is then at Washington on Christmas Day on one other Sunday-to-Thursday turnaround earlier than ending with a probable layup towards the Giants in New Jersey. Verdict: NOT AN OVERREACTION I imply, even acknowledging the truth that all the identical groups that had been good final season aren’t certain to be good once more this season, that could be a tough stretch. Three short-week video games within the remaining six weeks of the season isn’t any workforce’s concept of a superb time. All 4 of the Cowboys’ post-bye highway video games are in several time zones than the one they play in. And all 4 of their post-bye dwelling video games are towards groups that made the playoffs final season. If the Cowboys wish to take their flip within the annual flip-flopping of the NFC East title between them and Philadelphia, they could must construct up a giant pre-bye division lead.
Dru Phillips named New York Giants’ most underrated participant – Large Blue View“Phillips was one in every of simply eight cornerbacks to rank within the high 25 in PFF protection grade (75.8) and PFF run-defense grade (78.1) in 2024 and one in every of simply three (Cooper DeJean and Kyler Gordon) to do it whereas spending the vast majority of his snaps within the slot, the place his run-defense abilities come into play extra usually.” Phillips is a wonderful selection, along with his skill maybe hidden by how poorly the Giants performed as a workforce. It’s laborious to really discover different gamers who ought to have been thought of. Micah McFadden? Jermaine Eluemunor?
Friday Query: Which athlete do you hate essentially the most? – SB NationIn an ideal world there’d be no hate. I don’t know if John Lennon stated that, or Elmo from Sesame Avenue. Clearly all of us ought to aspire to hate much less and love extra, however relating to sports activities that’s not an possibility. Naturally there are athletes we simply develop to hate with a red-hot ardour. Individuals who get our blood boiling each single time they set meals on the sphere, court docket, ice, or no matter enjoying floor is on provide. At the moment we thought we’d share tales of the gamers we are going to by no means forgive and nonetheless hang-out us to today.
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