The New York Giants may have to deal with a double dose of Dallas when they travel to Philadelphia for the regular-season finale at Lincoln Financial Field.
Here's a look at the gameday roster moves that the Eagles announced on Saturday afternoon:
Activated TE Dallas Goedert from Injured Reserve
After a week of fully participating in practice, tight end Dallas Goedert has been activated from Injured Reserve.
What does this mean?
Head Coach Nick Sirianni has said several times over the last couple of seasons that the passing game runs through three players – A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, and, yes, Dallas Goedert.
"He's had a good week," Sirianni said on Friday. "Good to get him back out there. He's a heck of a football player. We need him to accomplish the goals that we want to accomplish, and he's had a really good week."
Goedert is embarking on his sixth playoff run in seven seasons in Philadelphia. Since taking over as the team's primary tight end in 2021, Goedert ranks sixth among all NFL tight ends in receiving yards (2,565) and third in yards per catch (12.3). In the 2022 run to the Super Bowl, Goedert had 16 catches to lead the Eagles with 141 yards and a touchdown in the postseason.
Even with Brown, Smith, and Saquon Barkley at running back, Goedert has the capacity to be dominant, as he evidenced with a career performance in New Orleans when he had 10 catches for 170 yards, the most receiving yards by an Eagles tight end since Pete Retzlaff in 1965.
What remains to be seen is whether he'll shake off the rust in the regular-season finale with the Eagles planning to rest most of the starters.
Elevated LB Dallas Gant and DE Charles Harris from the practice squad for Sunday's game
Dallas Gant is elevated for the second straight week after making his NFL regular-season debut in Sunday's division-clinching win over the Cowboys.
A rookie free agent signing of the Vikings following the 2024 NFL Draft, Gant (6-2, 224 pounds) was college teammates with cornerback Quinyon Mitchell at Toledo.
The Toledo, Ohio native wears No. 52.
Gant originally started the regular season on Minnesota's practice squad, but joined the Eagles' practice squad on November 4 after being waived.
Gant was a first-team All-MAC selection with 117 tackles, nine for loss, one sack, three pass deflections, one interception, and one forced fumble last season for the Rockets. He spent his first three college seasons at Ohio State.
Harris (6-3, 250 pounds) returned to the practice squad on New Year's Eve after playing in three games for the Eagles earlier this season.
The former first-round draft pick had three quarterback sacks, seven quarterback hits, four tackles for loss, and 21 total tackles in his nine games, with six starts, this season in Carolina. He wears No. 95.
