Eagles TE Dallas Goedert ‘feeling really good,’ expects to play vs Cowboys
The Philadelphia Eagles could be getting a major piece of their passing attack back just in time for Sunday night’s visit to AT&T Stadium.
Tight end Dallas Goedert, who has been out with a broken forearm suffered in the teams’ Week 9 meeting, tells a Philadelphia radio station that he is mostly recovered exactly one month later and eager to suit up in the monumental showdown that will help determine the NFC’s playoff picture.
“It’s been healing really well,” Goedert said Tuesday on 94 WIP SportsRadio. “I’d say it’s probably feeling like 85, 90 percent of the way there. Feeling really good, back to normal.”
Goedert suffered a fractured forearm on a sideline tackle made by Cowboys safety Markquese Bell in the third quarter of the teams’ previous meeting on Nov. 5. Irate Eagles fans were quick to accuse Bell of dirty play, even though Goedert initiated contact with an extended stiff-arm.
Slow-motion video of Eagles TE Dallas Goedert’s broken forearm injury. Appears Cowboys safety Marquese Bell attempted to twist Goedert’s arm and he also fell directly on it upon completion of the tackle.
Goedert is expected to miss multiple games.
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Goedert had amassed three catches for 50 yards on four targets prior to the injury.
The sixth-year veteran returned to practice late last week but was declared inactive for the Eagles’ Week 13 home date versus San Francisco. The 49ers won that game decisively, dropping Philly to 10-2 on the year. Now the 9-3 Cowboys could move into a tie with the Eagles atop the NFC East with a win on Sunday.
The Eagles have definitely noticed Goedert’s absence. During the three games he’s missed, backups Jack Stoll and Albert Okwuegbunam have combined for two receptions on five targets for 17 yards. Despite not playing since that Week 9 injury, Goedert remains the Eagles’ third-leading receiver in targets, catches, yards, and touchdowns.
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In the eight full games that Geodert played before the injury, Philadelphia averaged 286.5 passing yards per contest; in the three full games without him, that average has fallen to 201.3.
“I’m able to do everything I need to do in my position group,” Goedert continued, “so I’m planning on going down to Dallas and playing every snap that they allow me to.”
The Cowboys defense is allowing an average of 181.1 passing yards per game, the fifth-best mark in the league. But they’re also giving up 1.42 passing touchdowns per outing, eighth-worst among all teams. And of the 27 total touchdowns the Cowboys have allowed in 2023, six have been scored by opposing tight ends.
