For a while this offseason, it looked like Dallas Goedert was going to leave Philadelphia after 8 seasons. And he had opportunities to go somewhere else.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, though, the 31-year-old signed a one-year deal to return to the Eagles for his ninth season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of everything,\u201d Goedert said at mandatory minicamp this week. \u201cI was able to test free agency a little bit. Had opportunities to go elsewhere. Nothing was a better opportunity than I thought I could have here.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to play in the same place for 9 years is special. It would have had to be something really drastic to have me try to sign somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n
That \u201creally drastic\u201d deal elsewhere never came about and Goedert signed a one-year deal worth just $7 million for this season. Based on his one-year deal in 2025, that\u2019s actually a pay cut, which was a bit surprising. While Goedert\u2019s blocking ability seemingly took a step back last season, he was productive and healthy.<\/p>\n
In Year 8, Goedert started 15 games and had 60 catches for 591 yards and a career-high 11 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
A big part of the opportunity Goedert saw in Philly this season was about playing under Sean Mannion in the Eagles\u2019 new-look offense. This offseason, Goedert has watched tight ends who have thrived in similar systems \u2014 guys like George Kittle and Tucker Kraft.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can only do so much on offense but a lot of the key emphases are a little different,\u201d Goedert said. \u201cI feel like through watching what he wants to happen, there\u2019s a lot of easy touches to the tight end, getting the ball in space, scheming ways to get us open. So I\u2019m excited for that. I think the tight end is kind of a backbone of the offense in the run game, play-action, pass game. I think it\u2019ll be a really good system to play in.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to believe that Goedert will enter his ninth NFL season in 2026. The Eagles drafted him in the second round back in 2018 and he has already had an impressive career.<\/p>\n
When the Eagles used a second-round pick on Eli Stowers in April, general manager Howie Roseman brought up the team\u2019s history of drafting tight ends in the second round. Before Goedert in 2018, it was Zach Ertz in 2013. Both became great players in Philly.<\/p>\n
The Eagles are hoping Stowers will continue that trend and Goedert is willing to help him do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m here for whatever he needs,\u201d Goedert said. \u201cObviously, anytime you can bring more competition into the room it just elevates everybody. So I\u2019m excited to compete, work with him all the time. But really whatever he needs, I\u2019m here, that he can lean on me. I\u2019m excited to push him. Obviously, going way back, we\u2019ve had a good flow of tight ends and hopefully I can help him carry that legacy ultimately.\u201d<\/p>\n
For now, though, Goedert remains the Eagles\u2019 top tight end. He won\u2019t turn 32 until early January and played at a high level in 2025.<\/p>\n
If the Eagles are going to make a deep run this season, they\u2019re going to rely on Goedert, especially after trading A.J. Brown. Goedert and Jalen Hurts have always had a strong connection and Goedert could see even more targets this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to play here for 8 years, we\u2019ve put a lot of good runs together, been able to do special things,\u201d Goedert said. \u201cI feel like playing in an organization like the Eagles is special and I think we can do special things this year. I didn\u2019t want to leave and not be part of it. Ultimately, I chose to come back and hopefully put another great year together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a while this offseason, it looked like Dallas Goedert was going to leave Philadelphia after 8 seasons.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,35418],"class_list":["post-332214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-eagles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}