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Actor Matthew McConaughey, a University of Texas superfan, congratulated former Longhorns Andrew Mukuba and Cameron Williams on social media after the Eagles selected them in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\nThe Eagles entered the NFL draft with a giant question mark at the tight end position.<\/p>\n
They ended the draft with that very same question mark.<\/p>\n
In a draft rich with talented tight ends, the Eagles didn\u2019t select a single one. Meanwhile, 30-year-old Dallas Goedert is entering the final year of his contract and would be owed north of $15 million (including a cap hit of $11.7 million) if the Eagles keep him.<\/p>\n
The dual-threat Goedert has been productive throughout his career. Last year, he had 42 catches for 496 yards and a pair of touchdowns in 10 regular season contests, plus an additional 215 yards and a TD in the postseason. Since the Eagles drafted him in the second round in 2018, he has averaged 583 receiving yards per season, and that includes when he was still TE2 behind Zach Ertz. He\u2019s a punishing runner after the catch and can ignite the offense.<\/p>\n
But he has also missed 15 games with injuries over the past three years alone. That\u2019s almost a season\u2019s worth of games.<\/p>\n
The Eagles would like to keep him, but they feel his price tag is far too high. They want him to take a pay cut; Goedert doesn\u2019t think that\u2019s such a hot idea.<\/p>\n
Actor Matthew McConaughey, a University of Texas superfan, congratulated former Longhorns Andrew Mukuba and Cameron Williams on social media after the Eagles selected them in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n
But as well-stocked as this draft was at the position, tight ends started coming off the board early. The Chicago Bears took Michigan\u2019s Colston Loveland with the 10th overall pick, followed by the Indianapolis Colts nabbing Penn State\u2019s Tyler Warren at No. 14. And it\u2019s hard to blame the Birds for taking Alabama linebacker\/edge rusher Jihaad Campbell when they finally got to pick toward the end of the first round.<\/p>\n
He addressed an important need, of which there were several on defense.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s difficult to argue with their second-round selection (64th overall), safety Andrew Mukuba out of Texas, either. Besides, by the time that Eagles pick came up, three more tight ends \u2014 LSU\u2019s Mason Taylor (Jets, 42nd), Oregon\u2019s Terrance Ferguson (Rams, 46th) and Miami\u2019s Elijah Arroyo (Seahawks, 50th) \u2014 were long gone, too.<\/p>\n
General manager Howie Roseman said he explored trading up in the second round (not necessarily for a tight end), but noted it would have been expensive. He was delighted that Mukuba fell to 64.<\/p>\n
Another well-regarded tight end, Harold Fannin Jr. of Bowling Green, came off the board early in the third round at No. 67 (Browns). The Eagles ended up trading out of that round.<\/p>\n
\u201cDallas is part of the team as we speak,\u201d Roseman said after the draft. \u201cObviously, as we go forward, we\u2019re going to continue to address things on this team and right now nothing further.<\/p>\n
\u201cDallas is a heck of a player \u2014 a heck of a player, a heck of a person. Certainly don\u2019t want to do anything publicly where we\u2019re discussing anyone\u2019s business, but I have so much respect for him. Been to two Super Bowls together and obviously would love him on this team. You always love having Dallas on this team, but we\u2019re not there right now on any of that. But, love Dallas Goedert.\u201d<\/p>\n
A date to watch is June 1. If the Eagles trade him or release him before then, their cap hit jumps to a whopping $21.3 million in dead money. But if they part ways with him after June 1, they save approximately $4 million over what it would cost to retain him. Without him accepting a significant salary reduction, it\u2019s tough to imagine he\u2019ll still be here June 2.<\/p>\n
That leaves Grant Calcaterra, the 2022 sixth-round pick who had 24 catches for 298 yards and a TD in 17 games last season. He was solid as TE1 in Goedert\u2019s absence, but not a dynamic threat. Kylen Granson and Harrison Bryant, neither of whom has seen much action, currently fill out the depth chart.<\/p>\n
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Actor Matthew McConaughey, a Texas Longhorns fan and Austin resident, was excited about the Eagles\u2019 selection of Mukuba, posting on social media that he\u2019s a \u201cball hawk with a hard a** hat.\u201d Mukuba grew up in Austin after emigrating there with his family from Zimbabwe at age 9.<\/p>\n
McConaughey, who is often on the Texas sidelines during games, did a quick synopsis of every Texas player drafted. He wrote that offensive tackle Cameron Williams, whom the Eagles drafted in the sixth round, is a \u201cbig human, raw talent.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Hollywood star famously took out a full-page ad in the Austin American-Statesman congratulating Austin native Nick Foles after he led the Eagles to a victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52.<\/p>\n
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Follow Christiaan DeFranco on X at @the_defranc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles entered the NFL draft with a giant question mark at the tight end position. They ended…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,109,424,9,5367],"class_list":{"0":"post-8210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-losangeles","12":"tag-losangelesrams","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","15":"tag-rams","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-top-stories-tmc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114418168984602799","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}