NFL Completely Hurt Eagles With Ridiculous Scheduling
· Yahoo Sports
When the NFL schedule drops, there are always a lot of concerns for certain teams around the league.
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Whether it's having the toughest schedule in the league because of the teams they're playing, a lack of primetime games, or the fact that they have to play multiple teams coming off of byes, some teams have easier schedules than others.
Unfortunately for the Philadelphia Eagles, it looks like they have one of the more difficult ones in the NFL, and there's one simple reason for that.
Fox Sports recently reviewed the schedules for the year and discussed why the Eagles have one of the toughest in the NFL.
Because the Eagles are going to play four games this season in which their opponent is coming off a bye, it's definitely not crazy to say Philadelphia got the short end of the stick.
“Following the unveiling of the 2026 NFL regular season schedule, one of the details scrutinized for fairness is rest disparity, which measures how much time a team has to prepare for a given game, compared to its opponent. All 32 teams have 17 games in 18 weeks, so there's a balance in that — you'd think every team has one week with an extra week of rest and preparation compared to the team they're facing, but that logically evens out when an opponent is coming off their bye.
“That doesn't happen evenly, however. The Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Chargers each have four games this season where their opponent is coming off its bye week, and the Las Vegas Raiders have three such games, while 14 NFL teams never have to face an opponent well-rested after its bye week,” Greg Auman of FOX wrote.
While this is unfortunate for the Eagles, it's also important to recognize that sometimes bye weeks can actually make teams struggle a bit. I don't want to say that's always the case, but we definitely see teams that come out quiet after having a full week off.
The Eagles are also one of those teams that I don't really worry about too much, as they typically find a way to take care of business, no matter what the schedule looks like.