Philadelphia Eagles Odds, Lines and Expert's Analysis for Season

Two seasons ago, the Philadelphia Eagles reached the Super Bowl and lost a classic to the Kansas City Chiefs. Last season, the Eagles limped into the postseason and were one-and-done.

That has put Coach Nick Siranni on one of the hottest seats in the NFL entering 2024. What to expect from Philly?

Expert Prediction: Over 10.5 wins as the Eagles finish 11-6 and win the NFC East via tiebreaker with Dallas

Super Bowl Odds to Win: +1500
Odds to win NFC: +550
NFC East Odds to Win: -110 favorites
Regular-season win total: 10.5

Last Seasons

In 2022, Philadelphia tied for the NFL’s best regular-season record at 14-3 and it looked as if the Eagles might do the same again in 2023 as they began the year at 10-1 …. but then it all fell apart. Philly won just one of its final six games to hand the NFC East title to Dallas. Although injuries, especially to QB Jalen Hurts, certainly played a role.

Philly was the No. 5 seed in the NFC playoffs but stomped 32-9 at a mediocre Tampa Bay team as Bucs QB Baker Mayfield threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns, and Tampa Bay’s defense never allowed Hurts and Philadelphia’s sputtering offense to get into a rhythm. Hurts started despite dislocating the middle finger on his throwing hand the previous week, and was 25 of 35 for 250 yards and one TD before being replaced by backup Marcus Mariota in the final minute. Star WR AJ Brown was out due to injury.

Nick Siranni

So it’s definitely a make-or-break 2024 season for Eagles coach Siranni amid reports that he and Hurts might not be on the same page these days. Sirianni’s bold decision to effectively replace first-year defensive coordinator Sean Desai with longtime Patriots assistant and former Lions head coach Matt Patricia in December failed to improve the Eagles’ defense and earned Sirianni heavy criticism, especially after the Eagles’ playoff loss to the Bucs.

Siranni has made major changes on his coaching staff with Desai and Patricia gone as Vic Fangio is the team’s new defensive coordinator. Fangio spent the 2023 season with Miami in the same role. He finished 2022 as a consultant for the Eagles. The 65-year-old Fangio has been a defensive coordinator with Carolina, Indianapolis, Houston, San Francisco, Chicago and Miami. Fangio was Denver’s head coach from 2019-21.

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Brian Johnson

In addition, offensive coordinator Johnson was fired. The 36-year-old spent just one season as the Birds’ OC but has been with the team since 2021. He previously served as the Eagles quarterbacks coach before his promotion — he was elevated to OC after Shane Steichen left to become the Indianapolis Colts head coach following the 2023 season.

Kellen Moore

Johnson has been replaced by former Cowboys and Chargers OC Moore. He interviewed for the Chargers’ head coaching job that eventually went to former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. Dallas ranked second in the NFL in points per game and yards per game during Moore’s four seasons as coordinator.

Eagle’s Key Players

Philadelphia lost future Hall of Fame center Jason Kelce to retirement and running back D’Andre Swift to Chicago in free agency but added former New York Giants Pro Bowl tailback Saquon Barkley in free agency. Last season, Barkley played in 14 games, rushing for 962 yards and six touchdowns while adding 280 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Per PFF, he was also effective as a pass blocker on 95.9% of his pass-blocking snaps. That ranked first among running backs with 100+ pass-blocking snaps last season. Among active players, Barkley is seventh in rushing yards per game (70.4), 10th in touches (1,489), and 14th in rushing yards (5,211).

NFL Draft

The secondary was a question mark entering the offseason but the Eagles were extremely aggressive in the draft, where they ended up with the two best cornerbacks on a lot of teams’ boards in Toledo’s Quinyon Mitchell and Iowa’s Cooper DeJean. Mitchell led the FBS with 15 pass breakups last season. He could make an immediate impact on a defense that finished second-to-last in touchdowns allowed (35) in 2023. DeJean was a first-team All-American and Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year.

2024/25 Season Beginning

Philadelphia opens the season on Sept. 6 in Brazil against Green Bay in a matchup of 2023 playoff teams and the NFL’s first-ever game in South America. The Eagles are -2. For the third year in a row, Philadelphia has five scheduled prime-time contests, with three of them at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles have appeared in the second-most primetime games (105) in the NFL dating back to 2000.

Philadelphia will play four home games over the final five weeks of the regular season for the first time since 1951. The Week 5 bye is the earliest since the Eagles had a Week 4 bye (the first possible bye week) in the 2016 season.