The Philadelphia Eagles open their season Sunday at home against the Washington Commanders, with kickoff set for 4:25 p.m. ET at The Linc. FOX will carry the game on TV, and streaming options are available on-demand.
Philadelphia enters Week 1 looking to launch another Super Bowl push after a season that didn’t finish the way the team wanted. The Eagles went 11-6 last year before fading down the stretch and losing to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Wild Card round. This offseason, the team made moves aimed at raising the overall talent level, and it also changed things up at offensive coordinator, with Sean Mannion taking over for Kevin Patullo.
The matchup brings Jalen Hurts and company back on the same field with Jayden Daniels and Washington two years after their first meeting helped start Philadelphia’s run to a Super Bowl. The Eagles still have the kind of roster that points toward another title chase, and the expectation around the team is as loud as ever.
Washington comes in with a different kind of optimism. Daniels is back and, presumably, healthy after being limited to seven games because of a variety of injuries last season. The Commanders finished 5-12 while dealing with those injury issues, but they added help in a big way this offseason, bringing in veteran wide receiver Stefon Diggs and reinforcing the defense with first-round linebacker Sonny Styles plus free agent edge rushers Odafe Oweh and K’Lavon Chaisson.
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Dalton and Tanner McKee both worked as possible options throughout the week, so Philadelphia was able to keep Washington guessing until shortly before kickoff. It is a small detail in the larger game plan, but one that shows how carefully the Eagles are managing even the spots behind Hurts as they head into a divisional matchup. [Read more 🡒]