Eagles host Falcons in season opener, travel to London in Week 8

By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor  

The Philadelphia Eagles full scheduled gets released on Thursday night at 8:00 p.m., but some opponents and dates have already been leaked. On Thursday morning, it was announced that the Eagles would travel to London in Week 8 to face Jacksonville. Later in the afternoon, it was revealed that the Super Bowl LII Champions will open their season on Thursday, September 6 against the Atlanta Falcons at Lincoln Financial Field.

The defending-champion #Eagles will kick off the 2018 NFL season by hosting the Falcons on Thur., Sept. 6 at 8:20 p.m. at Lincoln Financial Field.

— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) April 19, 2018

Since 2004, the NFL has had the Super Bowl champs open the following season on a Wednesday or Thursday. The Eagles and Falcons will meet in a divisional round playoff rematch that saw Philadelphia hang onto a 15-10 win and eventually advance past the Vikings and Patriots en route to their first Super Bowl Championship in franchise history. The Eagles will likely be holding their pre-game banner raising and ring ceremony prior to their game against Atlanta.

In addition to the London game and the season opener against the Falcons, the Eagles will reportedly visit Tampa Bay on September 16 and play their 2018 NFC Championship opponents, the Minnesota Vikings, in Week 5. In Week 6, they will be on Thursday Night Football once again, this time against their divisional foe in the New York Giants at Giants Stadium according to Manish Mehtah of the New York Daily News.  They will host the Giants on Thanksgiving weekend, November 25 at 1:00 p.m., during Week 12 of the season per Brandon Gowton of Bleeding Green Nation