Iggles Blitz

by Tommy Lawlor

Schedule Talk

Posted May 15th, 2026 | No Comments »

The NFL released the schedule officially last night. Leaks had been coming out for days, but now we know all the details. Let’s take a look at the Eagles schedule and I’ll go game by game with some thoughts.

Week 1 – Jayden Daniels will be healthy and he should make a good test for the Eagles defense. Dan Quinn will celebrate every good play and half the bad ones. Hopefully Jonathan Greenard will spend enough time with Daniels that Quinn isn’t smiling at the end.

Week 2 – Jeffrey Simmons will be a great test to see where Landon Dickerson and Cam Jurgens are at. Would be great to see them handle him and Saquon to run wild in Nashville. Titans LG Peter Skoronski has become a stud and is a pending free agent. Would the Eagles be interested in him, should Dickerson retire next offseason? Keep your eyes on #77.

Week 3 – The Bears got the best of the Eagles last year and it wasn’t pretty. I’m sure Vic Fangio will have his guys fired up. Watching Ben Johnson and his team celebrate last year should have the Eagles plenty motivated to kick some butt this time around.

Week 4 – The last time the Eagles lost to the Rams was in the Nate Gerry era. Could this finally be the year that Sean McVay beats Nick Sirianni? On paper, LA looks like a juggernaut.

Week 5 – UK Eagles fans better fill that stadium so the Jags contingent doesn’t control the place. Jacksonville is an ascending team and will be a tougher opponent than many realize. This will be a tough game.

Week 6 – No bye week after the UK game and the Eagles have to face Jaelan Phillips and his Panthers. Carolina gave them fits in 2024, but this is a game the Eagles should win, tired or not.

Week 7 – Dallas at Philly is always wild. And this will be on MNF. The Eagles need to win this to keep control of the division.

Week 8 – The Eagles go to Washington for SNF. I guess the league expects the Commanders to bounce back. We’ll see. That team still has plenty of holes. Anything can happen in division games and the Commanders have upset the Eagles more than a few times over the years. Sneaky tough game.

Week 9 – Jaxson Dart and the improved Giants come to Philly to find out how they stack up against the big boys. I think Saquon will be ready to run wild.

Week 10 – The bye. Coaches can assess the new offense and figure out what needs fixing.

Week 11 – The Steelers traditionally struggle in Philly. Mike McCarthy likes traditions so hopefully this one will continue. There is also the question of who will be the QB for Pittsburgh. Aaron Rodgers is still not signed.

Week 12 – Thanksgiving. Dallas. The Eagles are 2-0 in those games. Saquon Barkley talked about how cool it is to watch the winning team eat turkey after these games. Let’s hope he is enjoying Tom Turkey after a big road win. Would also love to see Jordan Davis and Lane Johnson doing the same.

Week 13 – Eagles at Cardinals. I hear there is a nice hotel in Sedona.

Week 14 – Indiana Jones and the Colts come to Philly. Sean Mannion vs Shane Steichen. They won’t go against each other directly, but it sure would be great for Sean to look good here.

Week 15 – The last two Super Bowl winners battle as Seattle comes to town. The Eagles haven’t beaten them since 1857 or something like that. This sure would be a good time to break that streak. It will be up to the Eagles D to shut down Sam Darnold. JSN vs Cooper DeJean could be a great battle.

Week 16 – The Eagles have to play on Christmas eve at 815pm. What the hell is wrong with the NFL? Christmas eve should be for chugging cocoa, watching Scrooged (vastly overlooked Christmas movie) and family time. Instead I’ll be yelling about blocking, tackling and catching the damn ball. Thanks, Rog. Even worse, the game is against the Texans and that vicious defense. Something tells me I might not go to bed happy that night. Bah humbug.

Week 17 – The rested Eagles will travel to SF, or Electric Avenue as Jordan Davis referred to it. That is one funny dude. The Eagles dominated the Niners in 2022, but SF has owned them since. That needs to change.

Week 18 – The regular season concludes with the Giants. Could this be for the division title? Will the Eagles be resting starters? All kinds of crazy possibilities.

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If the Eagles stay healthy, I see a 12-5 team. The overall slate is seventh easiest in the league. But there is a lot of travel and the tough games are bunched up. The league did what it could to make things tough. The Eagles face four teams coming off a bye. That’s no bueno.

My annual reminder…it isn’t just who you play, but when you play them and where you play them.

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Eric Edholm of NFL.com sees the Eagles as one of the schedule winners.

Last season, the Eagles became the first team to repeat as NFC East champs in more than 20 years. And they appear to be in a strong enough position to make it three straight division titles now that we’ve seen what looks like a very favorable schedule.

Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts might be facing some pressure, and A.J. Brown might soon be gone, but this is a slate the Eagles can take advantage of, even with five prime-time games and an overseas trip on tap.

After opening with the Commanders and Titans, things get thicker, especially with the Bears-Rams-Jaguars cluster (Weeks 3-5), but there’s nothing treacherous thereafter. Yes, the Eagles have three different pairs of back-to-back road games; they also have a three-game homestead over the holidays in December, which is nice timing. And they come against three quality teams, too: the Colts (Week 14), Seahawks (Week 15) and Texans (Week 16).

Even with two roadies to close out the season, including Week 17 at San Fran, the Eagles’ schedule lays out pretty nicely, featuring a well-placed bye in Week 10.

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Teams now release schedule videos each year. Some are brilliant, some awful. I enjoyed what the Eagles did.

It is hard not to like Jordan Davis.

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Here are a couple of good nuggets from Deniz Selman.

Deniz always has interesting info and insight.

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