Dallas Goedert #88 of the Philadelphia Eagles warms up before Super Bowl LIX against the Kansas City Chiefs (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert is officially a Super Bowl champion.
The veteran tight end helped lead the Eagles to a dominant 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. Although the Eagles-Chiefs' most recent Super Bowl matchup was close – a 38-35 victory in favor of Philadelphia – this one fell over from the beginning as the Eagles raced out a 24-0 halftime lead. The Chiefs had just one first down at the end of the half.
"Yeah, if we play our best football, we knew that was a possibility," says Goedert in a one-on-one interview with RG when asked if he was surprised the game turned into a blowout. "But at the same time, Mahomes is so good. The Chiefs have been so successful. If you leave it close, it seems like they're always going to find a way to win late in games.
"I told Zach Baun and Jalen Carter, 'If they don't score, they can't win,'" says Goedert. "They're like, 'If you score more points than them, they can't win either.' We had a lot of confidence going into that game. We always talked about how we want to play our best game of football, the last game of the year. That's kind of what we were able to do."
The 30-year-old tight end makes sure to give credit to the entire Eagles team for the surprisingly one-sided win, from head coach Nick Sirianni down to the entire roster.
"It's just a credit from the head coach on down," says Goedert. "The entire organization did an incredible job of putting together a great team. We made it all worth it."
The win makes it even that much "sweeter" when considering what the Eagles had been through over the past two seasons, losing in Super Bowl LVII and wasting a 10-1 start last season before being eliminated in the wild card round of the playoffs.
"Not a lot of sleep since Sunday," says Goedert. "I've been enjoying it with my family, friends and my teammates, but it feels like a dream. It feels like I'm in the best dream ever and I just don't want to wake up from it. Trying to soak it all in, it's so hard to believe that I'm a Super Bowl champion.
"I remember doing it, winning it for the first time on Madden 05 or 06 and calling people and telling them that I won the Super Bowl," says Goedert. "There's confetti on my TV screen. Seeing it in real life was beyond amazing.”
The story of the game was obviously Jalen Hurts who won Super Bowl MVP after a tremendous performance that saw him throw two touchdowns, complete 77.3% of his passes and post a 119.7 passer rating. That's not even mentioning his 72 rushing yards to go along with his rushing touchdown.
Hurts broke his own Super Bowl record for rushing yards in a single game and became just the sixth quarterback with at least three total touchdowns in multiple Super Bowl games.
Goedert can't say enough about his quarterback's composure, saying that he was not only calm and composed during the game, he displayed the same emotion – or lack of emotion – before the big game.
The veteran tight end calls his quarterback the "ultimate winner." The Eagles haven't missed the playoffs since Hurts took over as the starting quarterback in 2021 and they've racked up at least 11 wins in each of the past three seasons.
"It was early to see that he's got that clutch gene," says Goedert. "He finds a way to win and he'll do whatever it takes to win. He doesn't care about his stats. If he has to hand the ball off and we win the game, he's just as happy as he is when he has to put out performances like he's done in the past two Super Bowls. Just the composure that he has, he's the ultimate winner and I'm glad he is my quarterback."
Goedert even says that Hurts not only didn't smile until the Super Bowl was over, the 26-year-old quarterback is already thinking about the "next one."
"I think he's already moving on to next year," says Goedert of Hurts. "I'm sure he'll enjoy the parade. But he's looking forward to his next one. He's a young quarterback, got a lot of his career left and I just can't wait to watch and see the success he continues to have because everywhere he's gone, he's turned them into winners."
Although he can now call himself a Super Bowl champion, Goedert – like his quarterback – is already thinking about winning another next season.
"I'm going to enjoy it this week for sure," says Goedert when asked how long before he starts training again.
"We have the parade on Friday, I'm going to enjoy it there. I'll probably give myself a good month from the end of the Super Bowl until I get back out there training, getting ready for next season. I'm enjoying this one, enjoying the offseason with family and friends and loved ones. It'll be quick, playing all the way until February makes the offseason a little bit shorter, so I'm going to enjoy it. The best part about football is we get to do it again next year and I'll be ready for that."
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