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[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by GridIron26

Agreed. Eagles is the team to beat in this division.

I would say we are the team to beat, with the Giants second. Philly is getting a lot of love while I haven't heard a peep about several real concerns:

1) Barkeley had over 450 touches last year - for an oft injured player that workload won't be repeated, probably due to injury but at least due to limited effectiveness.

2) They brought in a new OC after Moore went to the Saints. Maybe the transition is smooth, or just as likely, there is trouble in Philly land

3) They lost Graham, Sweat, Gardner, Slay and others on the defense

4) Last year as good as they were there were rumblings of discontent. If the team stumbles those rumblings could resurface and get worse.



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[That Guy]

I think until proven otherwise, it's still the Eagles as the team to beat. No one's played a game that's mattered yet and last year's commanders had some things happen that aren't likely to repeat themselves (4th down % being a key one). Roster wise we're better (I believe), but the schedule this year will be (on paper) quite a bit harder, and I imagine JD's going to not play out of shotgun as much (that tends to be a year 1 thing).

We won't have to wait too much longer to find out.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by That Guy

I think until proven otherwise, it's still the Eagles as the team to beat. No one's played a game that's mattered yet and last year's commanders had some things happen that aren't likely to repeat themselves (4th down % being a key one). Roster wise we're better (I believe), but the schedule this year will be (on paper) quite a bit harder, and I imagine JD's going to not play out of shotgun as much (that tends to be a year 1 thing).

We won't have to wait too much longer to find out.

In terms of the schedule being harder, keep in mind that 14 of our games are exactly the same as PHI. So, in division, the schedule strength comes down to 3 games for each team:

PHI: LAR,TB,BUF, GB Nov10
WAS: SEA, ATL, MIA GB Sep 11
NYG: SF, NO, NE, GB Nov 16
DAL: ARI, CAR, NYJ, GB Sep 28

When ranking just those opponents I would say Dallas has the easiest then us, then NYG with PHI having the hardest. I included GB because I don't think Micah will be a full threat week 2 but by week 4 he will be. Of course the Rams strength depends on Stafford's health.

Like you said, we will find out soon, but for me the Philly love here and around the analyst world leaves out a whole lot of reality.

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[88Commanders00]

The nfc east hasn’t had a repeat division winner since the Eagles won in 2001-2004.

So, that’s something.

[htownskinfan]

The league is so hard from year to year,we were one game away from the Super Bowl last year,it’s going to be very hard to repeat that. doesn’t matter who’s favored to win division or how many games we win, repeating what we did last year is going to be very hard.

[That Guy]

I mean, if the eagles lose their QB or RB for significant time, then they're kind of sunk. Their roster is worse than last year, but I don't think it's fallen off a cliff.

For us, it's how well has JD shored up whatever weaknesses other teams were able to find on tape, how he adjust to being under center a bit more, if the team can keep killing it in 2 and 4 minute situations... just consistency (and on D, better run stopping on the DL and deep coverage). Preseason/TC seemed to be a bit of a mess on offense, so it's a bit hard to judge where the team is at right now (also new OL groupings). After 2 games we should have a pretty good idea.

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