Even before today’s big news — the Eagles-Cardinals trade that sent tight end Zach Ertz from Philadelphia to Arizona — Dallas Goedert had become the Eagles’ TE1 after spending much of his early career in Ertz’s shadow. Now, with Ertz out of the picture, Goedert is the undisputed top dog in the club’s tight end room, which is not a bad place to be since he is slated for unrestricted free agency at the end of the season.
Philadelphia GM Howie Roseman knows that Goedert, despite his time as a second banana, is likely to command top-dollar on the open market. “There’s going to be no discount on Dallas Goedert,” Roseman said (via Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network on Twitter). However, Roseman wants to see Goedert produce at an elite level for the rest of the season before authorizing a contract that would pay the South Dakota State product $12.5MM-$15MM per year.
Goedert and the Eagles have engaged in contract discussions, but it’s unclear how close the two sides ever came to an accord. We also learned that the Vikings inquired about trading for Goedert in late August/early September, and the 2-4 Eagles can probably expect more trade inquiries between now and the November 2 deadline.
That said, Roseman does not expect to be selling off pieces in advance of the deadline, even if his club should lose its next two games (Twitter link via Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer). Of course, the right offer could always make the ever-aggressive Roseman change his mind, though one would have to imagine that his asking price for Goedert would be quite high.
In 31 games played over the 2019-21 seasons — Goedert missed five games last year due to an ankle injury and missed last night’s loss to the Bucs due to his placement on the reserve/COVID-19 list — the 26-year-old has tallied 119 catches for 1,347 yards and 10 TDs. He is also highly efficient, having caught over 70% of his career targets.
Now playing under the fourth year of his rookie contract, Goedert is earning a modest $1.24MM this season. Whether it comes from the Eagles or another team, he can expect a massive raise come 2022.
Going to be hard to be an elite pass catcher with a Inexperienced and perhaps overrated QB like Hurts at the helm
Can TEs still be considered elite for their blocking ability or am I showing my age here?
WIP thinks he’s already a top-5 TE because of that alone…
God I hate WIP. Gilio was acting like Ertz was awful his entire time here and Goedert was a living god. Then proceeded to say the birds lose out the rest of the year.
the 10:00-2:00 show on Friday was the worst show ive heard on WIP.
And now that he ruined the end of Ertz’ time in Philly he’ll now focus on tanking the value of Goedert. Instead of one stud TE with the next in reserve and overlapping for awhile, they be left with nothing but waiver wire pickups at the position once he cashes in elsewhere. TE will be the new LB position, looking like a CFL/XFL talent pool.
Ertz woulda been traded last year but hurt his ankle before the deadline. Stuff happens…I agree though , let’s see see Goedert produce for a few more games like a TE1 before they pay him like one.