The NFL schedule is coming out Wednesday and these two familiar rivals will be playing each other for a fifth straight season. That's a record you might not know about.

With a head whiter than the clouds veiling the faint blue sky, a bald eagle pursued an egret in an aerial-ballet chase. Opting for prudence over valor, the white-winged heron decided to exit the stage for safer territory.

A day before the official schedule release, we already know that the Eagles will have four big-audience, standalone games.

Complete NFL schedules will be released on May 14, but the league already announced that Philadelphia will open the season against the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 4.

Green Bay authored the proposal to ban Philadelphia's short-yardage tactic, which was tabled at the annual league meeting last month and will likely be revisited at next week's spring meeting. In February,

The thirst for football is so great the schedule release is a three-hour, prime-time broadcast on the NFL Network.

NBC analyst Chris Simms states that the Philadelphia Eagles are the most well-built football team we've seen this century.

The Philadelphia Eagles have one of the hardest schedules in the league this season, and that shows style points won't matter.