Dallas Goedert #88 of the Philadelphia Eagles (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
Dallas Goedert is back with the Philadelphia Eagles and he’s looking forward to defending their Super Bowl crown.
The 30-year-old tight end won his first Super Bowl with the Eagles last season, posting 42 receptions for 496 receiving yards and two touchdowns, ranking third on the team in all categories behind star receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith.
There were questions during the offseason about whether Goedert would return to Philadelphia, with the Eagles entertaining trade offers. Both sides eventually came to terms on a reworked deal worth $10 million guaranteed for one season, including $1 million in incentives.
“I have all the belief in myself,” Goedert said in a one-on-one interview with RG. “I talked to my agent a lot. It was a tough spot. I was in the last year of my deal without any guarantee, so the team had a lot of the power over me. I was really happy with the way it worked out. I’m happy that I got to stay an Eagle.”
Goedert knows he’ll have to put up another productive season as he’ll likely hit the free-agent market at age 31 next offseason. However, he stressed the opportunity to win another Super Bowl as a major reason why he wanted to return.
“It’s just a one-year deal,” Goedert said.
“I got to stay healthy this year and go play really good football, and who knows what’s in store for me after that. It wouldn’t have felt right leaving Philadelphia and watching them try to defend the title and not be part of it. Told my agent, ‘Whatever we have to do to make it work, let’s make sure I’m back in the midnight green.’”
Health and Consistency Key for Goedert
The veteran tight end is entering his eighth season—all with Philadelphia—and he’s cemented himself as the starter. Goedert said he didn’t specifically focus on anything particular this offseason, though he’s aiming to stay “low” in his breaks and not “overextend” on his plants.
Staying healthy as he enters his age-30 season is a priority, as he has battled injuries throughout his career. Goedert missed seven games during the 2024 season, three games in 2023, and five games in 2022.
“Just trying to find a way to stay healthy,” Goedert said. “That’s been a tough thing for me. Every year I have a little injury that takes me out of a few games here and there. Finding different ways to get my body ready, finding different people to help me stay on the field, for sure.”
The Eagles will face a challenging road repeating as Super Bowl champs. They have the fourth-toughest schedule in the NFL, with 11 of their 17 games against playoff opponents. The matchup Goedert is most looking forward to is their Week 1 home game against the Dallas Cowboys, when the Eagles will raise their championship banner.
Goedert described the banner-raising as “incredible” and playfully mentioned how head coach Nick Sirianni wishes the ceremony could happen immediately, so the team can focus solely on this season.
“He wishes they would drop the banner today, and then we wouldn’t have to worry about it ever again,” Goedert joked. “He doesn’t want us thinking about that, thinking about last year. He’s all about this year. There’s different things like that, but it’s going to be pretty incredible.”
Team Success Over Individual Stats
Goedert’s objectives for the 2025 season remain team-oriented rather than individually focused. He isn’t preoccupied with achieving 100 catches or 1,000 receiving yards, emphasizing instead his role in team success.
“It’s going to be kind of the same as always,” Goedert said. “As a tight end on the team, we have two No. 1 receivers, we have an incredible running back, we have a great quarterback that can win in many different ways. I just want to be on the field as much as I can and whatever I can do to help the team win games. I’m not worried about getting 100 catches, getting 1,000 yards.”
Goedert’s career bests for single-season totals are 59 catches and 830 receiving yards. He would welcome hitting milestones like 100 catches and 1,000 receiving yards, but doesn’t define his success solely by these numbers.
“Obviously, I would love both of those things,” Goedert said. “But if you only say you’re successful if you do that and you don’t achieve it, but you have a really good year… that’s not what I want to pride my season on. For me, winning my one-on-ones, being an outlet for the quarterback when he needs me, and just blocking really well.”
Ultimately, Goedert emphasized team victories as his main motivation.
“I just want to put the team in the best position to win games,” Goedert said. “For me, that’ll be a successful season.”
Tight End University: Learning from the Best
Goedert will participate in Tight End University at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, from June 23–26. The event, founded by Travis Kelce, George Kittle, and former tight end Greg Olsen in 2021, aims to raise awareness about the tight end position and provide players an opportunity to bond and refine their skills.
This will be Goedert’s fifth year attending.
“George, Travis, and Greg started it, and it was really just to raise awareness for the tight end position,” Goedert said. “We felt like we were more valuable than the respect we got. I was able to learn a lot going my first couple years, and now I’m able to pass on some of the things I got to the younger tight ends. We’ll be there for three days, probably spend four hours in the classroom, four hours out on the field, working on the top of routes, blocking, and things that are important as tight ends.”
Goedert especially appreciates the camaraderie fostered by Tight End University, given his small-school background at South Dakota State.
“We also do a lot of fun things around Nashville as a group,” Goedert said.
“Being a smaller-school tight end, not a lot of people I played with or against are in the NFL, so I never used to know many people on other teams. But going to Tight End University, now no matter who we play, I have a friend on the other side that I can talk to before or after the game.”
Goedert, who has faced Kelce in Super Bowl matchups, credits him with teaching a critical element of the position—putting defenses in a reactionary position.
“I would wait for the defense to do something, then decide what to do after that,” Goedert said. “Travis always talked about being able to put the defense in a reactionary position. He taught me how to have a purpose for what I’m doing.”
“He just talked so much about leverage, getting to the edge of a defender, winning at the top of your routes, and how valuable that is,” Goedert continued. “Knowing the success he’s had, I wanted to pick his brain on that a lot. That was the biggest takeaway I got from him.”
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