When I took my first look at the Falcons last week, I came away surprised by how bad their roster is.

Jimmy Kempski Email | Stories 2020 RECORD: 8-7-1 PICK: Eagles 26, Falcons 24.

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For now, however, you'll have to settle for our staff predictions, which, like the Eagles, we're hoping will be better in 2021 than they were in 2020. So, how will things play out on the field on Sunday? Will the quarterbacks be the difference in this one? Someone else on offense? Or will one of the defenses step up and steal the show? No matter what happens, we'll have you covered with all the latest news and analysis. For the Eagles, it'll be second-year QB Jalen Hurts, who has just four NFL starts under his belt and is looking to prove to his team that he's the right man for the job going forward. For Atlanta it's another Philly product in Matt Ryan, who is in the twilight of his career but still hunting that ever-elusive Super Bowl title. Both those players could play key roles for their respective teams, not just in this game but throughout the season as well.īut you can't talk about a football matchup without addressing the quarterback position, and that's where these two teams couldn't be more different. Atlanta took Philly product Kyle Pitts, while the Eagles traded back a few spots and were still able to land Heisman winner DeVonta Smith.

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Introducing Post Flight, PhillyVoice's new Eagles reaction show.But now it's time to shift focus specifically to Sunday's matchup against the Falcons in Atlanta, a game in which the Eagles are currently 3.5-point underdogs at pretty much every book listed over at Sidelines.io. We've already offered some season-long predictions, over/unders and more. We're just days away from the start of the 2021 Eagles season, and after what felt like an incredibly long offseason, we're finally about to get our first true look at what this team is made of in Nick Sirianni's first year at the helm.

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