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Eagles' schedule a test early, late, and lots of travel

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The Eagles will get tested both early and late in the NFL schedule released Thursday night.

They'll also do a lot of traveling, with a trip to Los Angeles to play the Chargers on Oct. 1, followed by back-to-back games out west in December at Seattle on Dec. 3 and at the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 10. The Eagles are expected to stay out west in between games.

The Eagles will be playing in Los Angeles for the first time since 1990 when they played the Rams, who moved to St. Louis in 1995.

The Eagles will open the season at NFC East division rival Washington on Sept. 10, followed by another road game against the Kansas City Chiefs. It's the first time the Eagles are opening the season with back-to-back road games since 2011.

The game against the Chiefs, the Eagles' first in Kansas City since 2005, will serve as a reunion for Eagles coach Doug Pederson, who served as Andy Reid's offensive coordinator in Kansas City from 2013-15 before getting the Eagles' job.

Reid, of course, was the Eagles' head coach from 1999-2012. Pederson got his first coaching job under Reid with the Eagles in 2009 before going with him to Kansas City. The Chiefs were a playoff team last season.

The Eagles will play their home opener on Sept. 24 against the Giants, also a playoff team last season, before going out west to play the Chargers, who are moving to L.A. from San Diego. They'll return home to face the Cardinals on Oct. 8 before playing a Thursday night game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, North Carolina on Oct. 12. Both of those teams were in the playoffs in 2015 before struggling last season.

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The Eagles will then have three straight home games leading into their week off Nov. 12, facing Washington on Oct. 23, the San Francisco 49ers on Oct. 29 and the Denver Broncos on Nov. 5.

The Eagles will return from their week off with a Sunday night game in Dallas on Nov. 19. It will mark the third straight season and fifth time in six seasons that the Eagles will play a Sunday night game in Dallas.

Next comes the Chicago Bears at home on Nov. 26, which will be a reunion game for Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery, who signed as a free agent after spending his first five seasons with the Bears.

If by that point the Eagles are still in the playoff chase, they'll close with four of their five games against 2016 playoff teams, with the first three of those games on the road. That includes the back-to-back games out west against Seattle and the Rams, followed by another road game against the Giants. The Rams are the only non-playoff team from 2016.

Then the Eagles will close at home against the Oakland Raiders on Christmas night, and the Cowboys on Dec. 31.

In all, the Eagles will play five prime time games — two on Monday night (Washington on Oct. 23 and Oakland on Dec. 25, both on ESPN), two on Sunday night (at Dallas on Nov. 19 and at Seattle on Dec. 3, both on NBC) and one on Thursday night (at Carolina on Oct. 12, on CBS, the NFL Network and Amazon).

Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareonline.com. Follow on Twitter @Mfranknfl.

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