Eagles' Nick Sirianni addresses Dallas Goedert's lack of production
Through the first four weeks of the season, Philadelphia Eagles starting tight end Dallas Goedert has been quiet, logging just 13 catches for 88 yards. Those numbers don't quite add up to the 58.5 yards that he averaged per game last season. Now, he's averaging just 22 yards per game–a number he hasn't seen since […]
Through the first four weeks of the season, Philadelphia Eagles starting tight end Dallas Goedert has been quiet, logging just 13 catches for 88 yards.
Those numbers don't quite add up to the 58.5 yards that he averaged per game last season. Now, he's averaging just 22 yards per game–a number he hasn't seen since he entered the league in 2018.
Despite his surprising lack of production in the passing game, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is not one bit concerned.
"I still think it’s a small sample size," Sirianni said during Monday's presser. "There’s always a combination of different things. Something may break down in a play when Dallas is supposed to get the ball. There are just so many different variations of what can happen.
"Trust me, I promise you, he’s still part of the plan of wanting us to get him the football. We need to get him the football. Sometimes there’s a dry spell in there, too, of what’s kind of going on right now."
Sure, it doesn't help that quarterback Jalen Hurts has struggled to get the pass attack going under a new offensive system early in the season, but Goedert has also been targeted that least compared to wideouts DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown.
"Again, there are some different things that defenses are concerned of with Dallas that has affected some of his touches that he’s gotten, and I’m not going to get into that," Sirianni said. "I don’t think that I need to get into that.
"It’s definitely a little bit of both, right? He is a great player. They do rely on him. But I will say this about Dallas, is that even though he’s not contributing the way we all envisioned him to contribute at this particular time in the pass game, he’s been a force in the run game — a force."
Sirianni ultimately takes the blame for Goedert's lack of catches, however, he thoroughly believes his ability to block in the run game has made up for his dip in production in a significant way.
"He’ll get going. I’m certain of that," Sirianni said. "But we have to do our job as coaches to get him going. But he is still a very big factor in the way our offense is playing right now because of who he is as a blocker and also who he is as a receiver and drawing that attention."
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