THE BIRD BLOG

The NFL announces their 2004-2005 schedule tomorrow. The Eagles will most likely get three Monday Night Football games and one or two Sunday Night games. More likely than not they'll be the featured game more than a few times. (All the better for me - because I'm in Pittsburgh I only get to see the Birds if it is a nationally televised game).

Because the NFL determines its schedule by a rigid formula, we know who the Eagles will play:

Home: Dallas Cowboys, New Jersey Giants, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers.

Away: Dallas Cowboys, New Jersey Giants, Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, St. Louis Rams, Detroit Lions, and Chicago Bears.

A few things I noticed:
-Possible Turkey-Day games (the first since the glorious days of bounty-dom in '89) because Dallas and Detroit are on the schedule.
-The nets will be eager to broadcast playoff rematches against the Panthers and Packers.
-The nets will also be eager to broadcast the Ravens and Stillers games because of T.O. and Duce.
-I think that the Eagles luck out a little in getting the Panthers, Packers and Vikings at home while going only having to take on the Bears and Lions on the road.

If I were a betting man, I'd say the Eagles will have three Monday Nighters, and they'll be against the Cowboys, the Ravens, and the Panthers.

I bet the Eagles will open against the Packers too.

We'll see....