Eagles veteran TE Dallas Goedert confident in his future with Philly
Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert is about to play the final year of his contract, which means it could be the last season that we see him repping midnight green. But if you ask the veteran about his future with the team, he believes his playing days in Philly are far from over. In […]
Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert is about to play the final year of his contract, which means it could be the last season that we see him repping midnight green.
But if you ask the veteran about his future with the team, he believes his playing days in Philly are far from over.
In fact, to him, the best is yet to come — even at age 29.
“I feel really good,” Goedert told the Philadelphia Inquirer over the weekend. “I’m not too worried about it. I love being in Philadelphia. I’m going to give them everything I’ve got and let the chips fall where they may fall.”
Goedert soaked up advice from retired NFL tight end Greg Olsen at Tight End University last week, which clearly gave him an extra boost of confidence.
“He said his best years came after 31, 32, 33,” Goedert said. “I still feel like the best years are ahead of me.”
Last year, Goedert hauled in 59 passes for 592 yards and three touchdowns, best for third on the team.
It's not always easy trying to get looks when you have a roster stacked with talent, starting with wide receivers AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith, along with freshly signed dual-threat running back Saquon Barkley, but Goedert thinks the new offense under Kellen Moore could work out in his favor.
"He's been doing a great job of just making the offense make sense and we kind of changed up the reads and different things like that throughout," Goedert said. "I feel like it'll play in favor of the tight end, the quick game a little bit, getting back to the pivots, the sticks that I caught earlier in my career that went away a little bit.
"I'm really excited for how he uses the tight end and how he feels like they can be a big part of the offense and help win games."
