Eagles’ 2024 schedule highlighted by trip to Brazil and primetime games

Eagles’ 2024 schedule highlighted by trip to Brazil and primetime games originally appeared in NBC Sports Philadelphia

We’ve known for some time that the Eagles are opening the season in São Paulo, Brazil, but now we know the rest of the 2024 schedule.

Here’s a closer look with the full schedule at the bottom:

• Let’s start with the trip to Brazil. This will be the first NFL game played in South America and the first Friday night game on the opening weekend in more than 50 years.

Each NFL team will have to play an international home game once every eight years. It’s just a part of the rotation. The Eagles still have eight home games in 2024. Owner Jeffrey Lurie is proud to host the first game in South America.

“We stepped up and thought about doing this in South America and Brazil, a really dynamic country,” Lurie said at NFL owners meetings this offseason. “And then we won’t do that during the rotation.”

• After that long trip to Brazil in Week 1, the Eagles will have some extra time before hosting the Falcons on Monday Night Football in Week 2. That will likely be much appreciated. This MNF game will obviously be on ESPN, which means Jason Kelce will be part of the pregame and halftime show.

It will also be the primetime home opener against Kirk Cousins ​​for the third straight season. The Eagles beat Cousins’ Vikings 24-7 in Week 2 of 2022 and beat the Vikings 34-28 in Week 2 of 2023.

• The Eagles have five primetime games scheduled for 2023. They continue to be a huge draw for national audiences and have plenty of primetime games. Since 2000, the Eagles have ranked second in the NFL in primetime games:

Cowboys: 111
Eagles: 105
Packers: 104
Azores: 99
Patriots: 96
Giants: 96
Broncos: 92
Colts: 86
Bears: 85
Crows: 80

To put that into perspective, the Lions have the fewest primetime games since 2000 with just 31.

• Based on 2023 win totals, the Eagles are tied for the 21st-toughest 2024 schedule. Their opponents had a combined .491 winning percentage last season. Based on their 2023 success, the Eagles have the easiest schedule among NFC East teams:

t-6. Giants: 0.516
t-12. Cowboys: 0.505
t-16. Commanders: 0.502
t-21. Eagles: 0.491

Of course, using last year’s winning percentages probably isn’t the best way to gauge strength of schedule. But based on their projected 2024 win total, the Eagles’ schedule is even easier, ranking 24th out of 32 teams, according to Sharp Football.

• The Eagles have a bye in Week 5, which is too early. They have 13 consecutive weeks of games after that. This is the Eagles’ first bye week since Week 4 of the 2016 season.

• Three straight division games ending the season against Commanders, Cowboys and Giants. This second Cowboys game will likely go a long way toward determining the winner of the NFC East.

• There’s a tough four-game stretch between Weeks 10 and 13. The Eagles are in Dallas, then return home to face the Commanders, but then they’re on the road against the Rams and Ravens in back-to-back weeks. Three of the four games against some of the best teams the Eagles will face in 2024 are on the road.

• An interesting part of the schedule is that after Week 12, the Eagles will not need to catch a plane. Four of the last six games have been at home and the other two (Ravens and Commanders) are drivables.

• The Eagles rank eighth in the NFL this season in terms of travel mileage, according to Bill Speros from bookies.com. A big part of that is obviously the long trip to Brazil.

In total, the Eagles will travel 22,756 miles:

Here’s the full 2024 schedule:

!Week 1 — vs. Packers on September 6th at 8:15 pm in São Paulo on Peacock/NBC10
#Week 2 – vs. Falcons on September 16th at 8:15 pm on ESPN
Week 3 – at Saints on September 22nd at 1pm on FOX
Week 4 – at Buccaneers on September 29th at 1pm on FOX
Week 5 – GOODBYE WEEK
Week 6 – vs. Browns on October 13th at 1pm on FOX
Week 7 – at Giants on October 20th at 1pm on FOX
Week 8 – at Bengals on October 27th at 4:25pm on CBS
*Week 9 – vs. Jaguars on November 3 at 8:20 pm on NBC10
Week 10 – at Cowboys on November 10th at 4:25pm on CBS
$ Week 11 – vs. Commanders on November 14th at 8:15 pm on Prime Video
*Week 12 – at Rams on November 24th at 8:20pm on NBC10
Week 13 – at Ravens on December 1st at 4:25pm on CBS
Week 14 – vs. Panthers on December 8th at 1pm on FOX
Week 15 – vs. Steelers on December 15th at 4:25pm on FOX
Week 16 – at Commanders on December 22nd at 1pm on FOX
Week 17 – vs. Cowboys on December 29th at 4:25pm on FOX
Week 18 – vs. Giants TBD

! Friday Night Football
* Sunday Night Football
# Monday Night Football
$Thursday Night Football

Preseason schedule

Week 1: at Ravens on August 9th at 7:30pm on NBCSP+
Week 2: at Patriots on August 15th at 7pm on NBC10
Week 3: vs. Vikings on August 24th at 1pm on NBC10

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