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Dallas Goedert Returns to Philadelphia on One-Year Deal
Dallas Goedert is staying in Philadelphia. The tight end agreed to a one-year contract with the Eagles on Sunday, avoiding free agency for the first time in his career, multiple sources confirmed.
The deal, first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, and Mike Garafolo, is worth $7 million and includes a $4.25 million signing bonus. The agreement was reached just hours before Goedert’s contract void date was set to expire, which would have triggered more than $20 million in dead cap charges against Philadelphia’s 2026 books.
Both sides have pushed back that void date twice since the new league year began last week. The repeated delays were deliberate, a procedural mechanism that gave negotiators more time while shielding the Eagles from an immediate, crippling cap penalty.
Goedert returns as Philadelphia’s clear top tight end, heading a group that now includes re-signed Grant Calcaterra and newly added blocking tight end Johnny Mundt. His role in the offense is expected to remain central. In 2025, he caught 60 passes for 591 yards and set a career high with 11 touchdowns, with ten of those scores coming inside the opponent’s 20-yard line. He accounted for more than 58 percent of the Eagles’ red-zone receiving touchdowns, the highest percentage of any player in the league that season, per Next Gen Stats.
Jalen Hurts leaned on Goedert repeatedly when the offense needed a dependable option near the goal line, and that relationship figures to carry into 2026. The Eagles’ season ended with a wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers, in which Goedert scored both a rushing and a receiving touchdown.
The signing carries financial implications that extend beyond the tight end room. Wide receiver A.J. Brown’s future with Philadelphia has been a parallel storyline throughout the offseason, with the two situations described by multiple reporters as interconnected. By locking in Goedert and avoiding the dead cap hit, the Eagles now have more flexibility to address the Brown situation, though as of Sunday, no new developments on that front have been reported.
Eagles GM Howie Roseman still has needs to address safety and edge rusher, with Nakobe Dean, Reed Blankenship, Jahan Dotson, and Jaelan Phillips among the free agents who have departed this offseason.
The 2026 NFL schedule has not yet been released.