{"id":66628,"date":"2019-06-21T19:46:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T23:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=66628"},"modified":"2021-03-17T20:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:40:02","slug":"the-philadelphia-eagles-2019-record-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/06\/21\/the-philadelphia-eagles-2019-record-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Eagles 2019 Record Prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> are coming off of a 9-7 winning season and a playoff win against the 12-4 <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bears\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Bears<\/a> in the wildcard round. Their schedule for the upcoming 2019 season has two key stretches that will determine whether the Eagles reach their full potential with <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WentCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carson Wentz<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/06\/06\/carson-wentz-eagles-agree-four-year-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">returning to his 2017 MVP form<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Predicting the Philadelphia Eagles 2019 Record<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Key Stretches<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first stretch runs weeks six through eight when the Eagles face the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/vikings\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> to kickoff their gauntlet of three straight road games, followed by taking on the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bills\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>. The Eagles must try to take at least two of these games if they want to not only win their division but also earn a first-round bye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other stretch is a four divisional game series to end the year. Luckily, the Eagles will have already played their away game in Dallas by then so their toughest competition for the NFC East crown will have to come to play in Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles will hold their playoff destiny in their hands. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PedeDo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Doug Pederson<\/strong><\/a> is known to hold a strong record in the month of December (3-1 records for the 2017 and 2018 season). In fact, the 2017 season when the Eagles won Super Bowl LII, they would have gone 4-0 in the month of December if they didn\u2019t sit their starters against Dallas in Week 17 after securing the top seed in the NFC. Truthfully speaking, Doug Pederson holds a commanding 7-1 win total in the month of December after his first year of coaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Verdict<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 1: vs. Washington Redskins &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 2: at Atlanta Falcons &#8211; Loss <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 3: vs Detroit Lions &#8211; Win <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 4: at Green Bay Packers &#8211; Loss<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 5: vs New York Jets &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings &#8211; Loss<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 7: at Dallas Cowboys &#8211; Loss<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 8: at Buffalo Bills &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 9: vs Chicago Bears &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Week 10: \u00a0BYE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 11: vs New England Patriots &#8211; Loss<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 12: vs Seattle Seahawks &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 13: at Miami Dolphins &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 14: vs New York Giants &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 15: at Washington Redskins &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 16: vs Dallas Cowboys &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 17: at New York Giants &#8211; Win<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Philadelphia Eagles 2019 record will be 11-5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The floor for this extremely well coached and managed team is 10-6, while the ceiling could easily be 13-3 if they deliver road wins in Minnesota and Atlanta or can sweep their home games while stealing an extra road game. A home record of 7-1 and a 4-4 road game split is the final prediction. Keep in mind that six out of the seven losses last season were determined by a single touchdown or less. The Eagles last year pulled out a 9-7 record despite failing to close out games when they were up. The Eagles had an injured and poor backfield last year, which means that they were unable to close out games with their run game, unlike their 2017 year when the team went 13-3. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If that isn\u2019t enough to justify the Eagles as being a legit Super Bowl contender then consider this: the Eagles have a 12-4 home record the last two years under Doug Pederson. However, one of those losses was a Week 17 game where players were rested since the top seed had already been secured that season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This team has arguably a top five head coach, a recent general manager of the year award winner, and a roster better than their recent Super Bowl winning one on paper. Add on to that a healthy MVP candidate in Wentz with a full off-season and it isn\u2019t strange to expect them to replicate the magic seen two years ago. The reason why Eagles fans should be more optimistic this year isn\u2019t just because of the new potential starters, but primarily due to the incredible depth on both sides of the ball this year. The Eagles feasibly have the deepest roster in the NFL considering a decent amount of their backups are or were former quality starters capable of delivering in a limited role or stepping into that starting role if injuries were to strike. <\/span><b>Howie Roseman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Eagles GM, saw that <\/span>Head Coach Pederson<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was making the best out of a poor situation. However, he ultimately realized that the team needed to surpass its 2017 roots and provided solid depth at every position on the team, even if it meant letting old talent walk out the door. By doing so, this team made a statement. They fully intend to weather the storm of injuries with their strong depth and avoid the failed seasons that befall most teams throughout the year due to injury. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Lcqd6rgUQf5SBnUeGopknw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1070935810\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Lcqd6rgUQf5SBnUeGopknw',sig:'hnDI1IrqvXHT2UYC_gjVS17K0ZT9z173xTBVr9ArgQw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1070935810',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article features in-depth analysis and breakdown of the Philadelphia Eagles 2019 record by dissecting their upcoming 2019 regular season schedule. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3048,"featured_media":67287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[248,265,3226,47,48,40,46],"class_list":["post-66628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eagles","tag-carson-wentz","tag-doug-pederson","tag-howie-roseman","tag-nfc","tag-nfc-east","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}