Eagles 2015 schedule: Dates, times and broadcast

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The Eagles aren’t kicking off the NFL season on Thursday night against the defending Super Bowl champs, but they’re on a Thanksgiving meal ticket for the second straight season.

The Eagles will travel to Detroit for the early Turkey Day matchup against the Lions at Ford Field, one year after they traveled to Texas and stomped out the NFC East rival Cowboys at AT&T Stadium.

The Thanksgiving showdown that should pit Eagles new corner Byron Maxwell against Lions All-Pro wideout Calvin Johnson is one of six prime-time games for Chip Kelly’s remade team, compared to the five it played last season (see Roob's week-by-week breakdown).

Only two of those nationally televised games come at Lincoln Financial Field. Three of them are consecutive with the bye week in between two — Week 6 at home against the Giants, Week 7 against the Panthers in Charlotte and Week 9 at AT&T Stadium against the Cowboys.

The first prime-time game is the season opener, a 7:10 p.m Monday night showdown against Matt Ryan and the Falcons at the Georgia Dome on Sept. 14.

The Eagles were considered to be candidates to play the defending champion Patriots in the Sept. 10 NFL season opener, but the league instead decided to kick its season off with Patriots-Steelers at Gillette Stadium.

The first regular-season game between coaching pals Chip Kelly and Bill Belichick is Dec. 6 (Week 13) in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Plenty of juicy storylines headline the 2015 schedule. This year, the Eagles are playing the AFC East, NFC South, the Lions, Cardinals and all three division rivals.

The Eagles’ reunion with LeSean McCoy, the franchise’s all-time leading rusher who was dealt to the Bills this offseason, won’t happen until Dec. 14 (Week 14) at the Linc.

Week 3 marks the team’s matchup against former defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, now the Jets’ head coach. The Eagles will see former wideout DeSean Jackson Week 4 at FedEx Field and Week 16 at home.

The season ends with a 1 p.m. game against the Giants, the same team the Eagles played — and defeated — in their 2014 season finale.

This is the team’s first season with Kelly in sole control of the franchise. He inherited all say over personnel decisions during a January front-office shakeup following the team’s 10-6 season that ended outside of the playoffs.

Kelly then overhauled the roster, getting rid of several prominent veterans who were brought in by former coach Andy Reid, including McCoy, Pro Bowl quarterback Nick Foles, outside linebacker Trent Cole and right guard Todd Herremans. Wide receiver Jeremy Maclin left to join Reid in Kansas City. 

Kelly traded for quarterback Sam Bradford and Kiko Alonso along with signing Maxwell, Pro Bowl halfback DeMarco Murray — the league’s reigning rushing champion — Ryan Mathews, Miles Austin and most recently Tim Tebow.

Only four opponents on their schedule — the Cowboys, Panthers, Lions and Patriots — made the playoffs last year. Dallas and Carolina are the only teams on the schedule in the first 10 weeks that were in the postseason last year.

Three of the Eagles’ first four games are on the road, but four of their last five games will be played at the Linc.

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