In full cost-cutting mode coming off their recent Super Bowl championship, the Philadelphia Eagles drew a line in the sand with veteran tight end Dallas Goedert.
Goedert’s contract was scheduled to void at the conclusion of the 2025 season, resulting in a hefty $11.7 million salary cap hit for the team. With no guaranteed money remaining on that deal, the Eagles gave Goedert’s camp some options: Seek a multi-year extension elsewhere via trade? Or take a haircut on a restructured deal to remain in Philly?
Goedert reportedly chose the latter.
Likely leaving millions on the table, Goedert has agreed to a reworked contract that will allow him to remain with the Eagles this season as a pending unrestricted free agent in 2026. Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported details of Goedert’s contract on Wednesday morning:
Dallas Goedert contract details for 2025
- 1-year, $10 million
- Max potential value of $11 million with incentives
— Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Goedert was originally scheduled to make around $15 million in cash in the final year of the $57 million deal he signed with the team back in 2021. By taking a page out of former teammate Josh Sweat’s playbook, he’ll now look to cash in on a good situation with the Eagles this season with an eye on hitting the open market next year.
Sweat was in the same boat as Goedert during the 2024 offseason, seeking a contract update with his name swirling in trade rumors. He wound up settling for a restructured deal for a nearly fully guaranteed $10 million — the same number Goedert’s getting — balled out with the No. 1 defense in football, and cashed in with a new four-year, $76 million free agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals this offseason.
Per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Eagles had trade offers on the table for Goedert during the NFL Draft, and kept Goedert’s camp in the loop. Despite a trade almost certainly coming with a contract extension from his new team, Goedert ultimately decided to run it back with the reigning Super Bowl champions. His decision led to the Eagles trading out of the third round altogether, passing on some of the top tight end prospects in the process.
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When healthy, Goedert’s still a top-10 NFL tight end. He won’t be paid like it in 2025, though, as Roseman and the Eagles have been bullish on not overpaying in future years for aging veterans.
Goedert just turned 30 in January and has nothing left to prove to his team of seven years. So why take less to stay? Philly offers him an excellent situation as the clear No. 3 option in the passing game. If Goedert can stay healthy and put together another productive season, he could be poised to land one more multi-year deal to carry him through his early 30s.
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