Now that the 2015 NFL season is over and the Philadelphia Eagles 2016 opponents are known, it's never too easy to look ahead to next season. OK, it probably is way too early to look ahead. But we're doing it anyway.

The Eagles finished second in the NFC Least this year. They had a chance to be third but they blew it by winning a meaningless game against the Giants. The difference between second and third isn't insignificant. Instead of playing the Rams in London, the Eagles will now have to play the Seahawks in Seattle. Despite this impending matchup, the Eagles' schedule as a whole isn't looking so tough for next season. In fact, it ranks as one of the easier schedules in the NFL. Check out this table from our friends over at Blogging the Boys (click the table headers to sort columns):

2015 Strength Of Schedule By Team

Team Opp W/L Opp Win % 8+ win opponents Point Differential SF 142 - 114 0.555 9 590 ATL 142 - 114 0.555 7 272 STL 141 - 115 0.551 9 489 NO 140 - 116 0.547 8 340 TB 139 - 117 0.543 8 257 SEA 139 - 117 0.543 8 153 NYJ 136 - 120 0.531 10 365 ARI 136 - 120 0.531 9 173 NE 134 - 122 0.523 10 253 BUF 133 - 123 0.520 8 316 MIA 132 - 124 0.516 10 424 CAR 131 - 125 0.512 8 -44 SD 130 - 126 0.508 8 -161 DEN 129 - 127 0.504 8 88 OAK 128 - 128 0.500 9 -57 KC 127 - 129 0.496 8 -143 WAS 126 - 130 0.492 6 41 MIN 125 - 131 0.488 7 -160 BAL 124 - 132 0.484 8 67 HOU 124 - 132 0.484 8 -189 CLE 123 - 133 0.480 8 139 IND 122 - 134 0.477 8 -100 PIT 121 - 135 0.473 8 -132 JAC 121 - 135 0.473 9 -336 TEN 121 - 135 0.473 8 -412 PHI 120 - 136 0.469 8 -63 CIN 119 - 137 0.465 8 -162 DAL 119 - 137 0.465 6 -335 DET 119 - 137 0.465 7 -436 NYG 118 - 138 0.461 6 -383 CHI 118 - 138 0.461 7 -502 GB 117 - 139 0.457 7 -352

As you can see, the Eagles have the seventh easiest schedule based on opponent winning record. For perspective, the Eagles' strength of schedule ranked 10th heading into last season. When it comes to point differential, however, things look a little tougher. The Eagles' schedules ranks 15th in that category.

As far as the Eagles' NFC East opponents go: the Giants have the third easiest ranked strength of schedule, the Dallas Cowboys are fifth, and the Washington Redskins are 16th. The Giants have the fourth easiest schedule when it comes to point differential, while the Cowboys rank seventh and Washington ranks 18th.

Of course, it's hard to tell how much this all means at this point. The Eagles don't even have a head coach so who really knows what the team is going to look like next season. Teams go from worst to first and vice versa all the time, so some teams will appear to be much tougher or much easier on paper than they will be next season.

Here are Philadelphia's opponents for next season. Keep in mind the actual game order won't be determined until the NFL releases the schedule in the spring.

Eagles 2016 opponents

HOME: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Atlanta Falcons

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