Eagles HC Nick Sirianni addresses Dallas Goedert's injury
We learned a few days ago that the Philadelphia Eagles will be without starting tight end Dallas Goedert for at least four weeks. Goedert had suffered a fractured forearm injury in the Eagles' Week 9 win over the Dallas Cowboys which will require surgery. Eagles' head coach Nick Sirianni addressed Goedert's injury situation and where they go […]
We learned a few days ago that the Philadelphia Eagles will be without starting tight end Dallas Goedert for at least four weeks.
Goedert had suffered a fractured forearm injury in the Eagles' Week 9 win over the Dallas Cowboys which will require surgery.
Eagles' head coach Nick Sirianni addressed Goedert's injury situation and where they go from here during the bye week.
With the trade deadline in the rearview mirror, the Eagles won't be bringing in any big boost, but that doesn't mean that they won't check out the waivers.
"We’ll always look for the best ways to make this team better and see what — obviously you’re limited as far as any trades or anything like that," Sirianni said. "We are hopeful Dallas [Goedert] will make a good, clean recovery, and be back soon, when he’s ready to be back. [Executive Vice President/General Manager] Howie [Roseman] always does a great job looking to improve the football team. So, we like the guys that we have on this roster. We are excited about them. We’re excited about them to get an opportunity."
For now, the Eagles are happy with who they do have available in tight ends Jack Stoll, Grant Calcaterra and Albert Okwuegbunam. However, they also know that they don't have to rely on them and can draw up different game plans around the receiving group if need be.
There are different ways that you can supplement not having Dallas, also. It doesn’t just fall on [TE] Jack [Stoll], [TE] Grant [Calcaterra], [TE] Albert [Okwuegbunam], Sirianni said. "It just doesn’t fall on those three guys, right. You can supplement it sometimes with different personnel groupings as well. We feel like we have some good options. We are obviously not into game planning yet. We did a big review of our game today and then tomorrow will be self-scout stuff. We’ll work into game plan later in the week where we’ll think more about that. But we know we have options not only with the guys in the room but also guys that are not in the room out of different personnel groupings."
This also isn't the first time that the Birds had to navigate their system without Goedert. Just last season he missed five weeks due to a shoulder injury. Stoll and Calcaterra did their part in stepping up just fine as the Eagles won five straight games.
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