Sources: Dallas Goedert stays with Eagles on new 1-year deal

PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles and tight finish Dallas Goedert reached settlement on a one-year contract Sunday, sources advised ESPN.

By getting the deal completed, the Eagles prevented a dead-cap hit of greater than $20 million that might have come when Goedert’s contract expired. Goedert and the group agreed to push that void date again a number of occasions whereas figuring out the contract particulars, delaying when he formally turned a free agent.

Philadelphia has been juggling a number of conditions, together with commerce discussions revolving round receiver AJ Brown. Should they commerce Brown earlier than June 1, the Eagles would incur a cap hit of $40-plus million — a quantity that shrinks to round $20 million in the event that they commerce him publish June 1.

By coming to phrases and avoiding the Goedert dead-cap hit, they now have some extra monetary flexibility in 2026, together with in relation to Brown.

However, there are not any new developments relating to Brown, in response to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, despite the fact that they’re bringing Goedert again.

Goedert, 31, was the topic of commerce hypothesis final offseason as he entered the ultimate 12 months of a contract with the Eagles that was slated to pay him north of $14 million in 2025.

Ultimately, Goedert and the Eagles agreed to a reworked deal that paid him $10 million with an opportunity to earn a further $1 million in incentives.

Goedert was a key a part of Philadelphia’s passing assault final season, catching a career-best 60 passes for 591 yards. He was closely featured within the purple zone and shattered his earlier excessive with 11 touchdowns.

Philadelphia, although, didn’t get constant high-level blocking from its tight finish group, and that included Goedert, who has usually been sturdy in that space over his profession.

A second-round decide of the Eagles in 2018, Goedert has 409 catches for 4,676 yards and 35 scores over eight seasons.