Eagles and tight end Dallas Goedert agree to another year together
Plus: the A.J. Brown saga and Jalen Hurts’ book tour in Cheltenham
From the Delaware County Daily Times: https://tinyurl.com/4t546wjb
Tight end Dallas Goedert, who had a career year in both health and statistics, is returning to the Eagles on a one-year deal, MediaNews Group has confirmed Sunday.
Terms of the contract have not yet been released as of publication.
Goedert and the Eagles, who drafted him in the second round out of South Dakota State in 2018, had twice pushed back the void date of his contract — first to this past Friday and then to Monday — in an effort to hammer out an extension.
The delay in the void date benefited both sides. For the Eagles, it helped them avert the dead-cap costs of letting his contract expire and kept him off the open market. For Goedert, the temporary concession provided leverage and kept negotiations alive with the team while the free-agency market for tight ends stagnated.
Pushing back the void date signaled that both sides were interested in an extension.
Goedert, who has an injury history, scored 11 touchdowns last year — a franchise record for tight ends — and had 60 receptions for 591 yards in 15 games.
Notes
• The Eagles recently rejected aggressive trade offers from the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots for wide receiver A.J. Brown, according to multiple reports.
As previously reported by MediaNews Group, the Eagles won’t trade Brown unless they’re blown away by an offer. This means at least a first- and second-round pick, according to Dianna Russini of The Athletic.
The issue could be revisited around April’s draft or when dead cap costs for trades are mitigated June 1.
If the Eagles trade Brown before June 1, they would be saddled with approximately $43.5 million in dead cap money — about $20 million more than keeping him — based on estimates from Spotrac, a leading tracker of pro sports contracts.
After June 1, the Eagles’ dead cap hit would drop to $16.35 million spread over two years and create roughly $7 million in immediate salary-cap space for 2026.
A pre–June 1 trade partner could absorb some of the cap cost for the Eagles, but no team has been willing to do so while also meeting general manager Howie Roseman’s first- and second-round asking price for Brown.
• The Eagles and edge rusher Josh Sweat reportedly have mutual interest in reuniting. Sweat, a major part of the Eagles’ Super Bowl LIX run, signed with Arizona last offseason, but has requested a trade.
• Jalen Hurts appeared at Enon Baptist Tabernacle Church on Cheltenham Avenue last week to promote his new children’s book, “Better Than a Touchdown.”
Zach Berman of The Athletic asked Hurts about the Eagles’ new offensive coordinator, Sean Mannion, a former quarterback who was QBs coach with the Green Bay Packers.
“He’s amazing,” Hurts told Berman. “I’m excited for what’s to come. Obviously, (interactions) have been limited, given the timing of everything.”
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