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Roob’s way-too-early 2024 Eagles predictions originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
It’s late July, training camp hasn’t even started yet and opening day is still six weeks away. All of which means it’s way too early to start making predictions about the 2024 Eagles season.
We’re going to do it anyway.
Who’s going to make the Pro Bowl? Who’s getting benched? What kind of numbers will Jalen Hurts put up?
We won’t know for 5 ½ months. But we can guess.
So on the eve of training camp, here’s our way-too-early 2024 Eagles predictions.
1. What about the new guy?: Not easy to project Saquon Barkley’s season. With the Giants, he averaged from 127 scrimmage yards per game in 2018 to 66 in 2021, and he was at 89 last year. Which Saquon will the Eagles get? There’s two ways to look at Barkley – has his production decreased because he’s been on terrible teams with terrible offenses and terrible coaches and no other weapons? Or was it because he’s got over 1,500 career touches and he’s just physically not the same guy anymore? I know having talent around him – at receiver, at quarterback, on the offensive line – will help a lot. I’m guessing Barkley’s 2024 season is closer to 2022 – when he averaged 103 scrimmage yards per game and 4.4 yards per carry with 57 catches and 11 total touchdowns – than last year, when along with those 89 total yards per game he averaged just 3.9 yards per carry and caught 41 passes and scored one TD. Here’s my guess: 1,281 rushing yards, 48 catches, 1,564 scrimmage yards and seven total touchdowns in his first year with the Eagles.
2. Points for, points against: Even with all their issues, the Eagles still ranked seventh in the NFL with 25.5 points per game (although that figure dropped to 16.1 the last seven games). Last time the Eagles averaged 30 points per game was 1948, when they set a franchise record at 31.1 and won the first of two consecutive NFL Championships. But with this talent? I think 30…
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Publish date : 2024-07-24 00:05:10
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