The tight end was a fantasy-league dud against the Patriots. “I’m not going to bench myself [in fantasy competition], that’s for sure,” Goedert said.
After finishing Sunday’s season-opening Eagles victory over the New England Patriots without a reception, tight end Dallas Goedert drew the ire of fantasy football owners everywhere, except for one: himself.
But the Eagles still emerged with a 25-20 win Sunday, which was Goedert’s top priority. His lack of productivity came because of a confluence of factors, he said, that included the Patriots defense chip-blocking Goedert off the line of scrimmage and double-teaming him in coverage. Goedert’s experience against the Patriots has him feeling a bit of secondhand déjà vu. In last season’s 38-35 Week 1 win against the Lions, Smith finished the game without a reception on four targets. Smith didn’t hang his head for long — the following week against the Vikings, he caught the first pass of the game and went 7-for-7 on his targets for 80 yards. Two of those receptions were consecutive chunk plays that totaled 35 yards to begin a scoring drive.
Reflecting on Smith’s start to last season on Wednesday, Sirianni said that the way Weeks 2 and 3 unfolded wasn’t necessarily intentional.
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