Philadelphia Eagles ceiling and floor for 2024

The Cowboys hold the crown but the Eagles are favored to win the NFC East according to espnbet.com . Of course, Philadelphia fell apart in 2023 making them one of the NFL’s more volatile teams.

With training camp and preseason in the rearview mirror, here's a look at the Eagles' ceiling and floor heading into Week 1.

Ceiling: 12-5

Per NFL research , Philadelphia entered 2023 facing the league’s most difficult schedule, lost five of their last six regular season games and still finished with 11 wins. This year, the Eagles are tied for the NFL’s 21st-toughest schedule with opponents holding a combined .491 winning percentage according to The Sporting News .

They also have a pair of new coaches in offensive coordinator Kellen Moore and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. Moore’s motion-based offense should be just what the team needed after running one of the NFL’s more pedestrian systems under former OC Brian Johnson last season.

Former Giant Saquon Barkley won’t hurt either. The 27-year-old running back failed to rush for 1,000 yards for just the third time in his career last season, but still put up 1,242 total yards and 10 touchdowns behind one of the league’s worst offensive lines.

As long as he stays healthy, Barkley should be a perfect complement to wide receivers A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and former Commander Jahan Dotson, the No. 16 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft and the team’s new No. 3 receiver.

Brown and Smith each received lucrative contract extensions after combining for 187 catches, 2,522 yards and 14 touchdowns last season. Brown finished as the league’s fifth-leading receiver and Smith has averaged 1,059 yards in three NFL seasons.

As long as quarterback Jalen Hurts can adapt to Moore’s system, there’s no reason to think the Eagles won’t improve on last year’s record.

Floor: 7-12

While Philadelphia looks to have one of the league’s better offenses in 2024, their defense could be a problem. Fletcher Cox, the team’s six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle retired in the offseason and defensive end Haason Reddick was traded to the Jets.

Reddick led the team with 11 sacks in 2023, nearly twice the amount of any Eagles player. The team added edge-rusher Bryce Huff, who had a career-high 10 sacks for the Jets last season, but after playing just 42% of the team’s defensive snaps, could be more of a specialist than every down player.

Either way, Fangio’s job won’t be easy. His new team was outscored 182-123 in its final six regular games and lost 32-9 to the Buccaneers in last year’s NFC wild-card game. Without a better scheme, Philadelphia could finish the year with its first losing record since 2020.