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Philadelphia hitting easy stretch in schedule

Things are looking up for the Eagles. They’ve got their injured receivers coming back, and they’ll be playing the league’s easiest schedule over the next month.

A.J. Brown (hamstring) and DeVonta Smith (concussion) are ready to go. That should help to re-ignite the passing game. They’ve already got one of the league’s hottest running backs, with the Saquon Barkley signing paying off in spades thus far.

It should all be enhanced through mid-November by the easiest schedule. Browns, Giants, Bengals, Jaguars, Cowboys. Those are Philly’s next five opponents.

If we’re going off wins and losses, those five teams currently have a win-loss record of 8-17 – over twice as many losses as wins. Two other teams will play their next five against teams that currently (collectively) won less than 40 percent of their games: Vikings, Chargers.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE, WINS (next 5 G)
TeamWLPct
Philadelphia817.320
Minnesota815.348
LA Chargers915.375
Miami1015.400
Cincinnati1014.417
Buffalo1014.417
Cleveland1013.435
Chicago1114.440
Seattle1114.440
NY Giants1113.458
New England1113.458
Houston1113.458
Tennessee1112.478
Atlanta1213.480
Baltimore1213.480
Las Vegas1213.480
Washington1213.480
New Orleans1212.500
Arizona1212.500
Pittsburgh1312.520
LA Rams1312.520
Kansas City1312.520
NY Jets1312.520
Green Bay1311.542
Denver1311.542
Carolina1411.560
Jacksonville1410.583
Tampa Bay1510.600
Dallas149.609
Indianapolis159.625
Detroit168.667
San Francisco178.680

Philadelphia’s upcoming opponents not only are losing a lot of games, they’re also allowing a lot of points – 25.4, on average, for those next five opponents. That’s the most in the league, with only three other schedules within a point per week of that range (Dolphins, Vikings, Giants).

Note that the Vikings, who also have a key offense this year, have a schedule in the near future that’s almost as easy as Philadelphia’s. Good month to be holding players with horns/wings on the sides of helmets.

For both of these charts, I’m blending what defenses have done so far with the next five games on each team’s schedule – that’s Weeks 6-10 for some, but Weeks 6-11 for those with a bye in that window.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE, POINTS (next 5)
TeamAvg
Philadelphia25.4
Miami25.1
Minnesota24.8
NY Giants24.7
Atlanta24.4
Cincinnati24.1
Chicago23.9
Seattle22.9
Baltimore22.7
Green Bay22.7
Pittsburgh22.4
Las Vegas22.2
Washington22.1
Dallas22.0
Cleveland22.0
San Francisco21.9
Buffalo21.9
LA Rams21.4
Denver21.4
New England21.3
LA Chargers21.3
Kansas City21.2
New Orleans21.2
Tampa Bay21.1
Detroit21.0
Houston20.8
NY Jets20.7
Indianapolis20.6
Carolina20.1
Tennessee19.8
Jacksonville19.6
Arizona18.1

—Ian Allan

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