Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Eagles 2004 Schedule...
The Eagles 2004 schedule is out. I made a few predictions about their schedule and ... Okay, I was wrong! Really wrong!:
The Eagles do play three Monday Nighters, and one is against Dallas, but the other two are the Vikings and the Rams, not the Panthers and Ravens as predicted. And the Eagles open against the Giants, not against the Packers.
A few other little things I noticed:
No Turkey Day games for the Eagles this year. The Lions play the Colts and the Bears go to Dallas. (The Bears on Thanksgiving? Who's idea was that?)
The Panthers, Ravens and Steelers are all 1:00 P.M. starts, but it looks like the nets want to make the Redskins game on November 21, and the Packers game on December 5 as the featured games. The opener is also slated for a 4:15 start, so it must be the big game of the day.
Just one Sunday Nighter on ESPN: at the Redskins on December 12.
Honestly, I think the Eagles caught a bunch of breaks with this schedule: Giants at home week one, the Vikings on Monday Night for week two, their two weakest road games (Bears, Lions) are weeks 3 & 4: there is no reason that the Eagles shouldn't be 4-0 going into the October 17 game against Carolina. The Eagles schedule is so nice that I honestly think they can go into the October 31 game against the Ravens with a 50-50 shot of being 6-0. Some of the later season games are tough (at Giants, Packers, at Redskins), but hopefully, the Eagles should be able to run off at least a 11-5 record against these guys. I could see them going 12-4 or even (dare I say it?) 13-3 with this schedule.
Optimism ... Isn't it contagious?
2004 Schedule
2004 Preseason
Date Opponent
Week 1 at New England
Week 2 Baltimore (CBS)
Week 3 Pittsburgh (ESPN)
Week 4 at N.Y. Jets
2004 Schedule
Date Opponent Result
Sept. 12 New York Giants 4:15 p.m.
Sept. 20 Minnesota 9:00 p.m.
Sept. 26 at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 3 at Chicago 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 10 Open Date
Oct. 17 Carolina 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 24 at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 31 Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 7 at Pittsburgh 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 15 at Dallas 9:00 p.m.
Nov. 21 Washington 4:15 p.m.
Nov. 28 at New York Giants 1:00 p.m.
Dec. 5 Green Bay 4:15 p.m.
Dec. 12 at Washington 8:30 p.m.
Dec. 19 Dallas 1:00 p.m.
Dec. 27 at St. Louis 9:00 p.m.
Jan. 2 Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
All times are Eastern
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The Eagles do play three Monday Nighters, and one is against Dallas, but the other two are the Vikings and the Rams, not the Panthers and Ravens as predicted. And the Eagles open against the Giants, not against the Packers.
A few other little things I noticed:
No Turkey Day games for the Eagles this year. The Lions play the Colts and the Bears go to Dallas. (The Bears on Thanksgiving? Who's idea was that?)
The Panthers, Ravens and Steelers are all 1:00 P.M. starts, but it looks like the nets want to make the Redskins game on November 21, and the Packers game on December 5 as the featured games. The opener is also slated for a 4:15 start, so it must be the big game of the day.
Just one Sunday Nighter on ESPN: at the Redskins on December 12.
Honestly, I think the Eagles caught a bunch of breaks with this schedule: Giants at home week one, the Vikings on Monday Night for week two, their two weakest road games (Bears, Lions) are weeks 3 & 4: there is no reason that the Eagles shouldn't be 4-0 going into the October 17 game against Carolina. The Eagles schedule is so nice that I honestly think they can go into the October 31 game against the Ravens with a 50-50 shot of being 6-0. Some of the later season games are tough (at Giants, Packers, at Redskins), but hopefully, the Eagles should be able to run off at least a 11-5 record against these guys. I could see them going 12-4 or even (dare I say it?) 13-3 with this schedule.
Optimism ... Isn't it contagious?
2004 Schedule
2004 Preseason
Date Opponent
Week 1 at New England
Week 2 Baltimore (CBS)
Week 3 Pittsburgh (ESPN)
Week 4 at N.Y. Jets
2004 Schedule
Date Opponent Result
Sept. 12 New York Giants 4:15 p.m.
Sept. 20 Minnesota 9:00 p.m.
Sept. 26 at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 3 at Chicago 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 10 Open Date
Oct. 17 Carolina 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 24 at Cleveland 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 31 Baltimore 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 7 at Pittsburgh 1:00 p.m.
Nov. 15 at Dallas 9:00 p.m.
Nov. 21 Washington 4:15 p.m.
Nov. 28 at New York Giants 1:00 p.m.
Dec. 5 Green Bay 4:15 p.m.
Dec. 12 at Washington 8:30 p.m.
Dec. 19 Dallas 1:00 p.m.
Dec. 27 at St. Louis 9:00 p.m.
Jan. 2 Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
All times are Eastern
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