2019 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 2019 season was the Philadelphia Eagles' 87th in the National Football League and fourth under head coach Doug Pederson. The Eagles acquired many key players, including wide receiver DeSean Jackson, running back Jordan Howard and defensive tackle Malik Jackson. With these offseason acquisitions, the Eagles were listed as Super Bowl contenders. However, inconsistent play aided by injuries on both sides of the ball plagued the Eagles early in the year. Despite a 5–7 start, the Eagles won their last four games against divisional opponents and matched their 9–7 record from 2018. The Eagles won the NFC East division title, but were defeated by the [2019 2019 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks] in the Wild Card round by a score of 17–9. The Eagles would not lose another home playoff game until 2025.

Free agents

Trades

March 13: The Eagles traded a sixth-round pick in the 2019 NFL draft to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for WR DeSean Jackson and a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft.
March 14: The Eagles traded DE Michael Bennett and a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft to the New England Patriots for a fifth-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft.
March 28: The Eagles traded a sixth-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft that could potentially become a fifth-round pick to the Chicago Bears for RB Jordan Howard.
April 27: The Eagles traded a seventh-round pick in the 2019 NFL draft to the Indianapolis Colts for DT Hassan Ridgeway.
August 9: The Eagles traded OT Ryan Bates to the Buffalo Bills for DE Eli Harold.
August 22: The Eagles traded DT Bruce Hector to the Arizona Cardinals for S Rudy Ford.
September 30: The Eagles traded S Johnathan Cyprien and a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft to the Atlanta Falcons for LB Duke Riley and a sixth-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft.

NFL draft

Notes

The Eagles acquired an additional second-round selection as part of a trade that sent their first- and fourth-round selections to the Baltimore Ravens.
The Eagles traded their third-round selection to the Detroit Lions in exchange for wide receiver Golden Tate.
The Eagles acquired an additional seventh-round selection in a trade that sent guard Allen Barbre to the Denver Broncos. This selection was later traded to the New England Patriots in exchange for the Patriots' seventh-round selection.
The Eagles traded their sixth-round selection to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for wide receiver DeSean Jackson and Tampa's seventh-round selection.
The Eagles traded their first-round selection as well as a fourth-round selection and a sixth-round selection to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for their first-round selection
The Eagles traded their fifth-round selection to the New England Patriots in exchange for a fifth-round selection and a seventh-round selection
The Eagles traded their seventh-round selection acquired from the New England Patriots to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for defensive tackle Hassan Ridgeway.
As the result of a negative differential of free-agent signings and departures that the Eagles experienced during the free agency period, the team was projected to receive three compensatory selections for the 2019 draft.

Player	Position	College
Joey Alfieri	LB	Stanford
Ryan Bates	OT	Penn State
T. J. Edwards	LB	Wisconsin
Nico Evans	RB	Wyoming
Johnny Gibson	OG	Arkansas
Ajene Harris	CB	USC
Nate Herbig	OG	Stanford
Jay Liggins	CB	Dickinson State
Riley Mayfield	OT	North Texas
Sua Opeta	OG	Weber State
Keegan Render	C	Iowa
Anthony Rush	DT	UAB
DeAndre Thompkins	WR	Penn State
Brett Toth	OT	Army
Casey Tucker	OT	Arizona State
Kevin Wilkins	DT	Rutgers

Regular season

Schedule

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 5: vs. New York Jets

With the win, the Eagles improved to 11–0 in their all-time series against the New York Jets.

Week 13: at Miami Dolphins

In one of the most embarrassing road losses in franchise history, the Eagles blew a 28–14 3rd quarter lead and lost to the Miami Dolphins 37–31. They allowed over 365 total yards of offense, and with this loss, tied their loss total from the previous season.

Week 14: vs. New York Giants

Week 14 featured the Eagles facing the rival New York Giants, led by Eli Manning, who was taking over for an injured Daniel Jones. Following a scoreless first quarter, Manning opened the scoring with a 35-yard touchdown pass to Darius Slayton, giving New York a 7–0 lead. After the teams traded field goals, Manning would throw another touchdown pass to Slayton, this time from 55 yards, to build the Giants' lead to 17–3 before halftime. However, Philadelphia's defense would stifle Manning in the second half, forcing three-and-outs on four of six possessions and allowing just 30 yards total offense. The Eagles offense would step up and score 14 unanswered points over the final two-quarters to force overtime. After the Eagles won the overtime coin toss, they drove down the field and won the game on Carson Wentz's second touchdown pass of the night to Zach Ertz. With the comeback win, the Eagles improved to 6–7 on the year. Further, the Eagles won their sixth straight against the Giants, and took the lead in the all-time series for the first time in franchise history. It also marked the first time since 2006 an Eagles-Giants game would go to overtime.

Week 16: vs. Dallas Cowboys

The Eagles won against the Cowboys after losing to them in Week 7. This resulted in the Eagles taking the lead in the NFC East for the first time this season and a 4-loss streak for the Cowboys. The victory improved Philadelphia to 8–7. The Eagles needed to either beat the NY Giants the next week or have the Cowboys lose to the Redskins.

Week 17: at New York Giants

The Eagles clinched their second NFC East division title in three years with a win over the New York Giants, their seventh straight in the series dating back to the 2016 season.

Postseason

Game summaries

NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Seattle Seahawks

The Eagles season ended with their first loss at home since Week 12 of the regular season, which was, coincidentally, also a 17–9 home loss to the Seahawks. They failed to score a touchdown for the first time since Week 17 of the 2017 season. Carson Wentz left the game in the first quarter with a concussion following a controversial hit by Jadeveon Clowney. No penalty was called on the play, and Wentz was later ruled out for the game. This was the Eagles' third straight home Wild Card playoff loss.