JACKSONVILLE – Each week during the 2024 season, Jaguars "experts" – Frank Frangie, Jeff Lageman, Brent Martineau, John Oehser, Brian Sexton, J.P. Shadrick and Kainani Stevens – will analyze the following day's Jaguars matchup.

Up this week:

The Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa.

Brian Sexton, jaguars.com senior correspondent

• The Jaguars will win if: They play a perfect game, or nearly perfect. The Eagles are 5-2 and they're as balanced a team as there is in the NFL. The Jaguars can't fall behind 10-0, they can't turn the ball over and they can't let Eagles running back Saquon Barkley run through them and past them as they allowed Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs to do last Sunday. This is a really good team and the Jaguars must play their best game of the season – and get a few breaks to go their way.
• The Eagles will win if: They can run – and they have shown all season they can really run. Barkley averages 5.9 yards per carry and is coming off back-to-back 100-yard-plus games – and the Eagles are averaging 166 rushing yards per game this season. If they can control the tempo and the clock with that kind of rushing game, they will send the Jaguars home with a seventh loss.
• As Sexton sees it: This is a bad matchup for the Jaguars. Head Coach Doug Pederson's team is playing bad football, and they face an Eagles team that is playing good football. The Eagles have not beaten themselves this season and the Jaguars have beaten themselves repeatedly in 2024. It will take a dramatic reversal of fortune for the Jaguars to upend the Eagles in Philadelphia.

John Oehser, jaguars.com Senior Writer

• The Jaguars will win if: They play their best game of the season. That's what it may take to win in any of the next three or four games, but it's absolutely what it will take Sunday. That will mean controlling a powerful Eagles running game and negating a powerful Eagles defensive front. Both are tall tasks.
• The Eagles will win if: They protect the ball and force the Jaguars' offense into obvious throwing situations. The Eagles are really good when Hurts controls the game, which means running and throwing when he wants and not committing turnovers. This is a scary game for the Jaguars if quarterback Trevor Lawrence is throwing on third-and-long in the second half.
• As Oehser sees it: This would be an impressive victory for the Jaguars – and a surprising one. A lot of matchups favor the Eagles and they're a motivated team in playoff contention in November playing at home. Tough, tough test for the good guys.

Brent Martineau, Action Sports Jax Sports Director

• The Jaguars will win if*:* They win time of possession and the turnover battle. The Jags have not controlled the clock well this season and that's a product of their third-down conversion rate. The offense has been playing well lately, but third downs have still been a struggle. I think they need to have their best game of the year in that category to help their struggling defense – and that defense needs a couple of turnovers to win.
• The Eagles will win if: Barkley has over 100 total yards. Barkley has been dynamic and his production opens everything else in the passing game for Hurts. The combo of Barkley running and explosive plays in the passing game is a bad recipe for the Jags.
• As Martineau sees it: I like how the Jaguars are still grinding and playing hard. I think sooner or later that is going to pay off in the win column. The problem this week is the Jaguars are beat up and the Eagles are finding their groove. I think the Jags will have a chance but will remain frustrated at the outcome: Philly, 27-23.

J.P. Shadrick, jaguars.com Senior Reporter

• The Jaguars will win if: They run effectively, cash in touchdowns, hold onto the football, quit committing pre-snap, mental-error penalties, take the ball away a couple times and don't blow coverages downfield. That's a long list. The Jaguars have four losses by five points or less. They haven't played a full clean game yet this season.
• The Eagles will win if: They dominate the line of scrimmage on offense and get into a balance offensively. They can run, they have playmakers outside to throw to and Hurts brings a different dual-threat dynamic at quarterback. The Eagles' defense is a top ten group that could continue to improve as the season goes along. They haven't taken the ball away much this season – only four total – that's about the only thing they haven't been able to accomplish much so far. Don't let them start taking it away this week.
• As Shadrick sees it: The Eagles seem to be hitting their stride, winning three straight games after their Week 5 bye – and they could be primed for a November/December run. The Jaguars are fighting for their lives – in a season that should have been so much sweeter – as they are three-and-a-half games back in the AFC South with nine games to play. The injury bug bit hard last week also, something they cannot control. The Jaguars have been good enough to compete and win some of these games coming up – if they get out of their own way.

Jeff Lageman, Jaguars Analyst and Former Jaguars Defensive End

• The Jaguars will win if: Lawrence plays an exceptional game. Injuries to the offense piled up last week against the Packers and may limit who is and is not available to play Sunday. Exceptional quarterback play can do way more than the "next-man-up" philosophy.
• The Eagles will win if: Hurts keeps the Eagles offense rolling along as a physical, well-oiled machine. Philly is an extremely physical offense, and it starts with their offensive line. The addition of Barkley has helped take the Eagles to another level.
• As Lageman sees it: This game is a tough matchup. The chinstrap needs to be tightened up with the physical nature of the Eagles. Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio's defensive tackles will stress the interior of the Jaguars' offensive line. Hurts' ability to run will stress the Jaguars run defense and wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith will be looking for explosive plays that the Jaguars defense has been susceptible to. The Jaguars must raise their level of play to get a "W" in Philadelphia.

Frank Frangie, Radio Voice of the Jaguars

• The Jaguars will win if: They put together a more complete game. At times last week, they were very good. Although he committed two costly turnovers, Lawrence was good and twice brought the Jags back from 10-point deficits. But they must play complementary football and they must find a way to replace Christian Kirk – and to hopefully get other injured players back on the field. They somehow must rush the passer better. Hurts is very good with time. The Jaguars also must start faster on offense and annot continue to have double-digit deficits out of the gate.
• The Eagles will win if: They win the line of scrimmage. They will win if they start fast - the Jags will be reeling if the Eagles get them on their heels to start the game again. The first quarter is critical.
• As Frangie sees it*:* This is as must-win as it gets for Jacksonville. If the Jaguars can concentrate on one game, not get caught up in how many they have to win moving forward, just get this one win, and play their best game, they have a chance.

Kainani Stevens, Jaguars Team Reporter

• The Jaguars will win if: The offense picks up where it left off against the Packers. The Jags cannot afford a slow start in this game. Lawrence showed what he's capable of last week even without his top targets. However, it will be another kind of challenge to make that happen on the road in Philly.
• The Eagles will win if: If they play as they have the last three weeks. The Eagles are one of the best teams in the NFL when they are right, and they seem to be hitting their stride after a 2-2 start to the season. Hurts is a true franchise quarterback – and if he's on the money Sunday, it will be a long couple of hours for the Jags.
• As Stevens sees it: I don't have any winning expectations for this Jaguars team, but I would love to see some personal evolution from several younger key players – including Lawrence. The focus now shifts from wins and losses to evaluation of what's worth keeping on this team for 2025