The Philadelphia Eagles will be playing Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season in Brazil on a Friday night. It has yet to be determined who the opponent will be, but it is down to two candidates. Philadelphia will be the home team for this matchup and they will have a different feel to this season.
The Eagles did not win the NFC East a season ago after they got off to a hot start and lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Wild Card Round. Jason Kelce and Fletcher Cox retired, but the Eagles did sign running back Saquon Barkley and linebacker Devin White off the free agent market.
Head coach Nick Siranni is going to receive a lot of heat from this fanbase off the bat. Philadelphia will be looking to win the division again this season.
The Philadelphia Eagles Will Either Play the Cleveland Browns or the Green Bay Packers in Brazil
The Eagles are going to be facing either the Browns or the Packers in Brazil to kick off Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season. They both were playoff teams a season ago. The Cleveland Browns would be an interesting game, although it doesn’t feel as big of a marketing draw as the Green Bay Packers would.
Would quarterback Deshaun Watson even be ready to go in Week 1 for the Browns after the injury issues he dealt with last season? Cleveland did have one of the best defenses in the NFL a season ago.
Green Bay would be an interesting draw for a couple of reasons. The first reason is because of the emergence of quarterback Jordan Love and he has a chance to be an MVP candidate this season. The battle between him and quarterback Jalen Hurts would be a very good one.
One of the other reasons why the Packers would be an interesting draw against the Eagles is because Green Bay’s color scheme is the same color scheme as the Brazilian Flag and there are a lot of Green Bay Packers fans in that country.
Will see what the NFL wants to decide for who the Philadelphia Eagles will play in Week 1. Cleveland would be a better matchup for the Eagles, but the better game would be the Packers.