Dan Sileo Puts the Eagles at 8-9 — Here's His Full Breakdown
Dan Sileo went game by game and landed on 8-9 for the Eagles in 2026. It's the most pessimistic mainstream prediction yet — and his reasoning is hard to argue with.
Dan Sileo Puts the Eagles at 8-9 — Here's His Full Breakdown
The Prediction
Eight wins. Nine losses. That's where Dan Sileo landed after going through the Eagles' 2026 schedule game by game on Tuesday's National Football Show. It's a number that would have been laughable a year ago. Now it feels uncomfortably plausible.
The Division Math
Sileo sees the Eagles going 3-3 in the NFC East. Split with the Cowboys. Split with the Giants. Split with the Commanders — though he expects the Eagles to sweep Washington and give up a meaningless late-season game.
That's a step back from the division dominance that defined the 2022-2024 run. But the Cowboys added pieces this offseason, the Giants aren't as hopeless as they were, and even the Commanders — despite being, as one fan perfectly put it, "the NFL's Sixers" — have a franchise quarterback in Jayden Daniels.
The Out-of-Division Losses
The losses pile up outside the division: Rams, Seahawks, Texans, 49ers, Bears. These are all games the Eagles would have been favored in during the 2024 season. The difference now is the margin for error.
Without Jeff Stoutland coaching the offensive line. Without a proven edge rusher opposite Jalex Hunt. Without AJ Brown if (when) he gets traded. Without certainty at safety. The roster has real holes for the first time in this era.
The Commanders Comp
The best line of the segment: the Commanders are now the Sixers of football. Great young player, surrounded by mediocrity, ownership that can't get out of its own way. Same owner, same energy.
Why 8-9 Isn't Crazy
A year ago, suggesting the Eagles would finish under .500 required creative imagination. Now you can sketch the scenario pretty quickly: the offensive line doesn't get healthy, Sean Mannion's scheme doesn't click, the defense can't compensate for the departures, and Hurts doesn't return to his dual-threat form.
That's not a far-fetched disaster scenario. That's a reasonable worst case. And reasonable worst cases are what 8-9 looks like.
The ceiling is still there. But for the first time since 2022, the floor is much, much lower.
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