5 things to be excited about the 2024 Eagles

I understand why the NFL higher-ups want the Eagles and Packers to play their first game of the 2024 season in Brazil. I really do.

The NFL wants to be the NBA. They want to be a global league. They want to have Brazilian superstars and French superstars and German superstars and so on. They want to rake in the billions of dollars in foreign cash the NBA does, and utilizing the Eagles and Packers, two marquee franchises and Super Bowl contenders to promote the sport in a country like Brazil makes sense from a long-range financial standpoint.

But it stinks.

Starting off the season on a Friday night in a foreign country is just about the last way you’d want a team like the Eagles to kick things…