{"id":139423,"date":"2026-03-16T08:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139423\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:14:19","slug":"tight-end-dallas-goedert-returning-to-eagles-on-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139423\/","title":{"rendered":"Tight end Dallas Goedert returning to Eagles on one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a period of uncertainty, Dallas Goedert<\/a> will be back for his ninth season in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old tight end agreed to terms on a one-year deal to return to the Eagles, a league source confirmed to The Inquirer on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Goedert was set to become an unrestricted free agent this offseason for the first time in his career after playing on a restructured deal in 2025. However, an NFL source confirmed to The Inquirer that the void date on Goedert\u2019s contract was initially pushed back to Friday, then to Monday, to give both sides more time to negotiate a new deal. The delay also prevented a $20.5 million dead cap charge at the start of the new league year last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u00bb READ MORE: It\u2019s time to admit what the Eagles have been telling us all along during this free agency period<\/a><\/p>\n

Goedert once again headlines a tight ends corps that includes the re-signed Grant Calcaterra and 31-year-old free-agent addition Johnny Mundt, although the Eagles could stand to add high-end talent at the position through the draft.<\/p>\n

Last season, Goedert was Jalen Hurts<\/a>\u2019 go-to target in the red zone. Ten of Goedert\u2019s team-high 11 touchdowns were scored inside the opponent\u2019s 20-yard line. He accounted for 58.8% of the Eagles\u2019 red-zone receiving touchdowns, according to Next Gen Stats, which was the highest percentage of any player in 2025. Goedert\u2019s red-zone contributions were particularly important as the team became less efficient running the Tush Push<\/a> in short-yardage situations as the season progressed.<\/p>\n

He also scored a rushing and a receiving touchdown in the wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers, joining Ricky Watters (1995 wild-card game against the Detroit Lions) as the only players in franchise history with one of each in a postseason game.<\/p>\n

While Goedert provided a boost in the red zone, his blocking appeared to take a step back from seasons past. In Goedert, Calcaterra, and Kylen Granson, the Eagles did not have an adept blocking tight end in 2025. That deficiency likely prompted the signing of the veteran blocker Mundt, who spent three seasons with new offensive line coach Chris Kuper as a member of the Minnesota Vikings (2022-24).<\/p>\n

Mundt isn\u2019t the only new addition to the room. Goedert will have a new tight ends coach for the first time since 2021 in Ryan Mahaffey, who is also the running game coordinator. The Eagles also could attempt to identify their TE1 of the future in this year\u2019s draft class, which is led by former Oregon tight end Kenyon Sadiq.<\/p>\n

Goedert is one of three of the Eagles\u2019 own free agents who have been retained this offseason. The team has allowed many of them to walk, including Jaelan Phillips<\/a>, Nakobe Dean, Reed Blankenship, and Jahan Dotson. Aside from adding another tight end, the Eagles still have needs to address at safety and edge rusher.<\/p>\n

A second-round draft pick out of South Dakota State in 2018, Goedert has made 409 catches for 4,676 yards and 35 touchdowns in 108 games (91 starts) throughout eight seasons.<\/p>\n

In that span, he has solidified himself among the most prolific receiving contributors in franchise history. Goedert ranks fifth in all-time receptions (409), 14th in receiving yards (4,676), and ninth in touchdowns (35, tied with DeSean Jackson). He has appeared in 13 playoff games (tied for eighth in franchise history) and scored 36 points in those games (fourth), including six touchdowns (tied for second). <\/p>\n

Goedert is also the all-time franchise leader in career postseason receptions (56).<\/p>\n

\u00bb READ MORE: Eagles signing ex-Falcons edge rusher Arnold Ebiketie to a one-year deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a period of uncertainty, Dallas Goedert will be back for his ninth season in Philadelphia. The 31-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[63938,69,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-139423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-dallas-goedert-eagles-one-year-contract","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}