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Frank Reich and Jim Schwartz: One more Eagles road trip

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 12:30 a.m. ET

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The Eagles have one more road game on their schedule, and it’s not an easy one.

In the beginning:

There were discussions all off-season about the difficult nature of the Philadelphia Eagles 2016 schedule in the NFL. Home games against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers aren’t going to excite anyone. Neither are road contests against the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens.

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It didn’t help that, at that time, the plan was to tackle the 2016 season with Sam Bradford at quarterback and with a rookie head coach, Doug Pederson. You also can’t forget the era that was Chip Kelly seemingly set this franchise back a few years. The roster seemed to be set at tight end, safety and defensive tackle, but other than that, there were more questions than answers.

Then Las Vegas released its’ preseason forecast for every NFL team, predicting the outcome of each franchise’s first fifteen games, and they had the Eagles winning five games this season. A 3-0 start gave fans hope, but as it turns out, Vegas seemed to have had a pretty good grasp of what this team was. They’re Vegas for a reason. Sure, there weren’t many fans who were expecting this to be a playoff team, but you had to think they were at least good enough to win more than five games right?

What we know now:

The time has flown by, and three games remain on the 2016 season schedule for Philadelphia. It begins with their final road test against the Ravens. Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz has received both a ton of criticism and a ton of praise this season, and offensive coordinator Frank Reich appears to be a man that, sometimes, isn’t really allowed to coordinate much on game days. Still, both are leaders on this team, and they both spoke with the media this week in preparation.

Just in case you missed it, here are both of their press conferences in their entirety:

The Eagles will attempt to put an end to their road woes on Sunday. It won’t be easy. The Ravens are coming together and will be focused following a loss to the New England Patriots on Monday night.