May 9, 2023   2 MIN READ

Hunters To Hunted

Birds Have NFL's Toughest '23 Sked

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The Eagles benefitted from one of the NFL’s easiest schedules last year en route to winning the NFC East, claiming the No. 1 seed in the NFC and appearing in the Super Bowl.

This year, the marathon season might have come with more obstacles, as the Eagles are set to have the league’s toughest strength of schedule in 2023.

ITB PHOTO: Eagles HC Nick Sirianni has his work cut out to lead the Eagles back to the Super Bowl.

NFL Network’s Andrew Siciliano, citing data presented by @NFLResearch on Twitter, posted that the Eagles opponents in 2023 had a combined winning percentage in 2022 of .566 – the highest for any NFL team’s opponents this season.

The schedule won’t be released until Thursday, but the Eagles will play 10 of their 17 games against teams that made the postseason last year, including two apiece against the Giants and Cowboys, along with showdowns against the Chiefs, Dolphins, Vikings, 49ers, Seahawks and Bills.

The Eagles entered 2022 having the league’s third-easiest schedule based on 2021 standings but also went 5-1 against teams that made the 2022 postseason, their only loss coming against the Cowboys in a game that Jalen Hurts missed from an injury.

Along with those 10 games this year against playoff teams, the Eagles will also this year face a new-look Jets team with four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers at quarterback.

– Geoff Mosher (@geoffmoshernfl) is co-host of the “Inside the Birds” podcast and staff writer for InsideTheBirds.com.

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Geoff Mosher is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the Eagles, the NFL and other college and pro sports across several different multimedia platforms. He is co-host of the acclaimed Inside the Birds podcast, the leading podcast for intel on the Philadelphia Eagles, and co-host on 97.3 ESPN's drive-time show. He has also hosted on Philadelphia's sports-talk station, 94.1 WIP and 97.5 The Fanatic. Geoff was the lead Eagles Insider from 2012-2015 for NBC Sports Philadelphia, where he wrote for the website and appeared daily on the station's TV shows, including Quick Slants, Philly Sports Talk, Eagles Pregame/Postgame Live and Eagles Extra. Prior to joining NBC Sports, Geoff worked the Eagles beat from 2005-2012 for the Wilmington News Journal, where he broke several major news stories and also won an Associated Press Sports Editors award under the category of Breaking News for his coverage of the sudden death of Phillies play by play broadcaster Harry Kalas. Geoff has appeared on ESPN's SportsCenter, NFL Network, NBC Sports Network, FOX29, 6ABC and has conducted interviews for Sirius/XM NFL radio and countless other radio stations across the country.

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