NFL fans react as Dallas Goedert reaches agreement with Eagles to return for 9th season in Philly

Dallas Goedert will remain in the City of Brotherly Love for a ninth straight season.

On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles were reported to have re-signed the veteran tight end to a one-year, $7-million contract:

Reaction to it, however, was skeptical:

The move ensures some continuity for an offense that is still undecided on whether to trade away AJ Brown. The star wideout had been very vocal about wanting out of the Eagles throughout the 2025 season as he struggled under Kevin Patullo’s system.

Amidst all that, Goedert emerged as an unlikely scoring threat, catching a team- and career-high 11 touchdowns in 15 regular-season games. In the Eagles’ wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers, he became the first tight end in NFL history to rush for a touchdown in a playoff game (he also caught another).

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Insider shared thoughts on what Dallas Goedert staying with Eagles would mean for AJ Brown

During a recent appearance on Anthony Gargano’s eponymous show, Mike Garafolo posited that Dallas Goedert‘s and AJ Brown’s futures in Philadelphia were “interconnected” and that they could afford to lose one or the other, but not both:

“They’re going to have to (make a decision), one way or another. Now, the Goedert window being moved back was not just for Goedert, that was for A.J. as well … If you lose Goedert, you take a huge cap hit. If you trade A.J., you take a huge cap hit. So there’s not going to be an A.J. trade and a Goedert release. It’s going to be one or the other.”

Later that day on the NFL Network’s The Insiders, he further explained:

“The Eagles can’t pay Goedert if they’re keeping Brown. … But I’m sure Howie’s going to continue to have conversations …about A.J. Brown over the weekend. We’ll see. He’s still an Eagle right now. Will he be? At this point, I don’t know. I’m tired of guessing. We’ll let you know.”

Brown is entering the final year of a $100-million extension that he signed in 2022 upon being traded from the Tennessee Titans. After 2026, he will begin another extension, this time lasting three seasons and costing $96 million.