Washington owner daniel snyder announced there will be no fans in.
Eagles fans at fedex field.
The football team is led by a new coaching staff led by former eagles assistant ron rivera who guided the carolina panthers since the 2011 season when a lockout altered the nfl s offseason.
Even for today s divisional rivalry game against the philadelphia eagles a game that could decide the fate of the nfc east fans just couldn t be bothered to turn up at fedex field.
Fedex was not at all silent the last time the eagles visited dec.
With the redskins out of playoff contention and the eagles needing a win to keep their postseason hopes alive there was a predictably healthy contingent of green clad philadelphia fans in the.
The eagles kick off the season at 1 p m.
Sunday against in washington.
15 2019 with the visitors surging toward a playoff berth and the home team limping toward the finish line of a 3 13 season.
In fact this.
13 to open the 2020 nfl season against the washington football team.
The philadelphia eagles travel to fedex field on sept.
There will be no fans at fedex field when they head down to take on the washington football team.
Playing at fedex field won t be a home game away from home for the philadelphia eagles this year.
If it was weird to see the eagles play at fedex field a stadium that in recent years hasn t exactly been rumbling and raucous anyway seeing them play in a church quiet lincoln financial field in their home opener might feel like an experience from another dimension.
Much was made of the fact that eagles fans were at least as numerous as washington fans and much more boisterous in a 37 27 eagles victory the birds sixth in a row in the nfc east series.
This year there will be no eagles green flooding the stands to cheer for the birds on the road.