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Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert.
If you are holding your breath that the Denver Broncos will take a tight end in the 1st round of the 2026 NFL draft … please stop. You could hurt yourself. And there’s little to no chance it happens with the Broncos sitting at the No. 30 overall pick, no matter how cool it would be to see quarterback Bo Nix teamed up with another former Oregon Duck in projected 1st round pick Kenyon Sadiq.
Sadiq’s show-stopping performance at the NFL scouting combine seems to guarantee he won’t make it past pick No. 20 — at the latest — which means if the Broncos want a plug-and-play starter at the position, they will likely have to turn to free agency for the 2nd consecutive season.
Bleacher Report’s Alex Ballentine called tight end the No. 1 “Missing Piece” on offense for the Broncos headed into 2026 and suggested a group of veterans who might be a fix, led by Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert.
“(The Broncos) need a top tight end who can do more of the dirty work than Evan Engram is able to do,” Ballentine wrote on Thursday. “Landing Kenyon Sadiq would be the dream scenario, but Dallas Goedert … would be a logical free agent target.”
Eagles Tried Desperately to Trade Goedert in 2025
The Eagles spent most of last offseason trying to find a trade partner for Goedert after watching him star in the playoffs on the way to winning a Super Bowl.
There were no takers — at least not at what the Eagles’ prie was — and Goedert took a massive pay cut. He ended up delivering one of the greatest seasons for his position in franchise history with 60 receptions for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, breaking a 60-year-old single-season record for touchdowns for a tight end.
The Athletic’s latest mock draft predicts the Eagles aren’t done trying to replace Goedert and will draft their next franchise tight end in the 3rd round with Ohio State star Max Klare.
Goedert, 6-foot-5 and 256 pounds, was a 2nd round pick (No. 49 overall) out of South Dakota State in the 2018 NFL draft and has spent his entire career with the Eagles.
“A tight end on Day 2 for the Eagles? It hasn’t happened since Dallas Goedert in 2018, and before that, Zach Ertz in 2013,” The Athletic’s Zach Berman wrote. “Now comes Goedert’s potential replacement — or at least a promising prospect on the tight end depth chart … (Klare) is a fluid athlete who is in a crowded group of tight ends following (projected) first-round pick Kenyon Sadiq.”
Eagles Had Few Pieces Which Worked in 2025
In a year when the Eagles offense seemed to flatline over and over again, Goedert was the 1 functional piece from start to finish.
Goedert set the touchdown record with his 11th touchdown catch in a 13-12 win over the Buffalo Bills in Week 1 — a game in which quarterback Jalen Hurts went 0-for-7 passing in the second half. His 60 receptions in 2025 were also a career high.
Goedert added 4 receptions for 33 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 23-19 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Wild Card Round.
Of the 13 total touchdowns Goedert scored in 2025, 12 of them were in the red zone, with 11 coming inside of the 10-yard line.