After 11 games, the 2023 Philadelphia Eagles had a 10-1 record. No other NFL team had a record better than 8-3. It looked like the Eagles were going to cruise to the NFC’s bye and perhaps even a Super Bowl championship.
Then came the freefall, as the Eagles dropped five of six to finish 11-6, allowing the Dallas Cowboys to snatch the NFC East crown from them.
Those losses included a 23-point setback against San Francisco, a 20-point loss to Dallas, and a 17-point road loss to the dreadful Giants in the season finale that handed the division title to the Cowboys.
Their playoff game was a 32-9 tattooing at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. By the time the dust cleared, the Eagles looked like the least competent team in the NFL.
Going into 2024, the team has new offensive and defensive coordinators, and Nick Sirianni is on the hot seat as head coach. Can the Eagles turn things around and get back to dominating the NFC East?
Read on to see their NFL betting odds on a number of futures wagers, as well as our thoughts on their season prospects.
NFL Futures Odds and Season Preview: Philadelphia Eagles 2024
- Regular Season Win Total: 10.5
- Divisional Odds NFC East: +100
- NFC Odds to Win: +760
- Playoffs Odds: -226
- Odds to Win the Super Bowl: +1550
Jason Kelce
First, let’s look at a couple of reasons to be pessimistic. The retirement of Kelce leaves a huge hole on the offensive line.
He wasn’t the biggest center in the NFL, but no center was faster at getting down the field to cover in front of screens, moving to the second level to help running plays, or pulling on plays to the outside.
Jason learned how to use leverage to control defensive tackles who were much bigger, and he was very durable, setting a team record for 157 starts in a row.
Furthermore, he is the top factor in the success of the short-yardage “Brotherly Shove” play. Cam Jurgens fills his shoes in his third NFL season, and it will take a while for him to get through the learning curve.
Jalen Hurts
Hurts was the leading MVP candidate through the first half of the 2023 season. Then, things started to fall apart, and the team didn’t seem to have his back.
Jalen Hurts started to get lazy on blocking for running plays – but the team also didn’t come to his aid when he took some big, late hits in Week 17 and Week 18.
That’s very unusual for a quarterback’s offensive line not to take umbrage when their signal-caller gets the lumber laid on him after the whistle has blown.
It will be interesting to see, going into 2024, if Hurts has lost the locker room.
Eagles Movements
Even with the loss of Kelce, NFL O-line expert Brandon Thorn has the Eagles’ offensive line ranked second in the league.
Jordan Mailata, Lane Johnson, and Landon Dickerson are all back, and the biggest question is at right guard. At camp, 2023 third-rounder Tyler Steen and free-agent signing Mekhi Becton will be fighting for the job.
Becton is moving inside from tackle (and has a history of lengthy injury rehabs), and Steen only started one game as a rookie.
Either one of these players should work out, given the quality of O-line coach Jeff Stoutland and the quality of the rest of the line.
With respect to Hurts’ leadership, in an interview this week, Lane Johnson noted that Hurts has taken on more of a vocal role.
That was a criticism that the team had for him as 2023 came to a close. It’s important to remember that Hurts is still a young quarterback making his way; his gifts make it hard to remember that the intangibles still require a lot of seasoning.
If you look at what the Eagles have done in the off-season (such as signing tailback Saquon Barkley), and if you look at the pending rebuild in Dallas and the lack of talent in Washington and New York, the Eagles’ NFC East crown is all but theirs before Week 1 even starts.
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