The Birds stomped the Kansas City Chiefs at last season's Super Bowl, 40-22, but returning to the big game won't be easy. Yes, the Eagles are still loaded on both sides of the ball, but the team has more question marks on its roster than it did a season ago and is about to face a brutal 2025 schedule.

Long created a fake schedule that included matchups against teams not on the Eagles’ slate and games that would have forced Johnson to face some of the league’s top edge rushers in consecutive weeks. When Johnson reviewed the October portion of Long’s faux schedule, an Oct. 5 game caught him off guard.

The season openers between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens-Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers are among the most intriguing matchups to launch the 2025 NFL campaign.

Fox Sports announced 11 games that will be featured as "America's Game of the Week" during the 2025 NFL regular season on Thursday.

“The fact that at least four — and likely more — Eagles games will be played at a time when many are watching will only make it more likely that sufficient arms will be twisted to torpedo the tush push,” Florio wrote on Tuesday.

Only nine teams in NFL history have won back-to-back Super Bowls, and the Eagles will face an uphill battle to become the 10th. They lost a steady stream of veteran talent in the offseason, especially on Vic Fangio’s defense, and will be breaking in yet another new offensive playcaller in Kevin Patullo.

NFL Thursday Night Football schedule starts with Cowboys at Eagles, Commanders at Packers, Dolphins at Bills, Seahawks at Cardinals.

When teams play certain opponents can matter as much as the competition itself. Carmen Vitali identifies six clubs that would especially benefit from a fast start to 2025.