Eagles news: Dallas Goedert to miss time; Zach Ertz to sign with practice squad; Caleb Williams likely out for Birds game; other injury updates

With Dallas Goedert expected to miss multiple weeks after he sustained a sprained MCL in the Eagles' win over the Titans, the Eagles are planning to sign Zach Ertz to the practice squad, sources said.

Ertz spent nine seasons in Philadelphia and was a key part to the Eagles winning their first Super Bowl in 2018.

The three-time Pro Bowler suffered a season-ending ACL tear in December 2025 with the Commanders and did not sign a contract in offseason.

The Eagles will be without Dallas Goedert for the time being.

A league source confirmed an NFL Network/ESPN report that Goedert suffered a sprained MCL in Sunday’s 24-20 win over the Tennessee Titans. Goedert is expected to miss a few weeks with the injury.

Goedert appeared to suffer his injury while run blocking in the second quarter. He did not return to the game.

Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni didn't offer any updates on running back Saquon Barkley or tight end Dallas Goedert, both of whom left Sunday's game with injuries.

"It's still early in the day," Sirianni told reporters Monday. "I'll get with those guys later today... They were off today, everything got started a little bit later, so we'll see as the week progresses."

Barkley suffered a stinger during the Eagles' first drive and missed the first half. He returned in the second half but ended the game with just four carries for nine yards.

The Eagles decided early in the practice week last week, after placing Landon Dickerson on injured reserve, that getting their best five linemen on the field in their best five spots meant moving Cam Jurgens from center to left guard and inserting Drew Kendall at center.

“Drew is naturally a center,” Nick Sirianni said after Sunday’s victory. “He can do both, but we felt like that’s his best natural position.”

The arrangement meant that Jurgens would play left guard for the first time in his career. He was a high school tight end turned college center who spent his first year as a starter in the NFL at right guard before replacing Jason Kelce at center. The Eagles didn’t practice with him at left guard once in training camp. Left tackle Jordan Mailata recalled one brief walkthrough session during camp with Jurgens to his right.

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is "week-to-week" with a right hamstring injury and "will likely miss some time," head coach Ben Johnson said Monday morning in an interview on ESPN 1000 Chicago.

"I've got to still talk with our trainer. We'll do that here shortly and I'll have the lowdown from him. But it sounds like it's week-to-week but will likely miss some time," Johnson said.

The Eagles travel to Chicago to face the Bears on Monday Night Football in Week 3.

ESPN's Dan Orlovsky was lukewarm about the Eagles after their Week 1 win against the Washington Commanders, but he's downright bullish about the Birds following their last-second win Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.

"I think ball-placement wise, it's the best I've seen Jalen throw the ball in two years. That last drive was sensational," Orlovsky said on First Take Monday. "I'm very confident in the way that the offense, pass game-wise, is looking under Sean Mannion."

That's not to say Orlovsky didn't see issues, pointing out the offensive line might be the worst the Birds have seen in a decade. But he's confident the Eagles coaching staff, even without offensive line guru Jeff Stoutland, can plug the holes and overcome Landon Dickerson's injury.

Nick Sirianni high-stepped his way toward the tunnel after his team’s game-winning touchdown drive Sunday and celebrated with the throngs of Eagles fans who turned Nissan Stadium into an atmosphere that could have passed at times for an Eagles home game.

It wasn’t pretty, again, but the Eagles won, again. And Sirianni seems to just keep on winning.

The sixth-year Eagles coach joined an exclusive club on Sunday when his record climbed to 61-26 to raise his career winning percentage to .701. Sirianni is now the fifth coach in NFL history — with a minimum of 50 games coached — to hold a career winning percentage of .700 or higher, joining Guy Chamberlin (.784, 1922-27), John Madden (.759, 1969-78), Vince Lombardi (.738, 1959-67 and ‘69), and George Allen (.712, 1966-77).

It may sound like a back-handed compliment, but former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith praised the Eagles and Jalen Hurts for overcoming some bad turnovers and rallying to defeat the Tennessee Titans Sunday in a hot Nissan Stadium.

"You had no Saquon, no Dallas Goedert, Jalen Hurts [threw] two terrible interceptions," Smith said Monday morning on ESPN's Get Up. "And then they put this final drive together where they looked unbelievable... To get a W on the road when you shouldn't have, this goes a long way from an energy standpoint."

His ESPN colleague Domonique Foxworth wasn't as convinced, citing the Eagles' disappointing defense and work-in-progress offense.

Jalen Hurts tossed two costly interceptions. The first was returned 92 yards and was converted into a touchdown, while the second came late in the fourth quarter and allowed the Titans to take a 20-17 lead.

And yet, Hurts wasn’t asked a single question about the picks afterward. His performance in rallying the Eagles past Tennessee, 24-20, in nearly every other moment, including a masterful two-minute drive, far overshadowed his two throwing errors.

But there was something unique about Hurts carrying the offense at the scorching Nissan Stadium on Sunday. He’s strapped the Eagles on his back before. He’s had better games against better opponents when the stakes were much higher. He’s been clutch on many previous occasions.

During the Cowboys’ win against the Commanders, Jayden Daniels was forced to leave the game after injuring his elbow. The footage was so gruesome it caused Tom Brady to go blue. 

Brady wasn’t done. Later in the game, he used colorful language to describe a pass Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott threw to CeeDee Lamb; it was a clip Fox Sports was happy to share.

"There was no margin of error on that throw," Brady said.

The Eagles will take their 2-0 record north next week to face the Chicago Bears (1-1) under the lights on Monday Night Football.

The Bears could be without quarterback Caleb Williams, who was injured during a fourth-quarter run and was knocked out of the game during a 9-3 loss Sunday to the Minnesota Vikings.

While it was initially feared Williams might have hurt his knee or Achilles, the Bears announced late Sunday he hurt his right hamstring. Not ideal, but likely not a season-ending injury coaches and fans initially feared.

During his postgame interview with Fox sideline reporter Kristina Pink, Jalen Hurts had some choice words for Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, who seemed to take a shot at Hurts earlier this week.

On Wednesday, when asked a question about the Eagles quarterback, Simmons told ESPN, “We just need to make Jalen Hurts be a QB. Stop his runs, make sure Hurts doesn’t get out of the pocket and make plays.”

The internet ran rampant with the quote, but the Eagles locker room did not seem to pay it much attention. After Sunday’s game, Simmons embraced Hurts during his interview with Pink.

To some surprise, the Eagles made changes at two spots when they only needed to replace Landon Dickerson. They moved Cam Jurgens to left guard and started Drew Kendall at center. It was often ugly. But it was another shaky outing from new O-line coach Chris Kuper’s entire group. The run blocking just wasn’t sound. The pass protection was only a little better.

There was the matter of containing Jeffery Simmons. The All pro defensive tackle owned Kendall on the Eagles’ opening drive and forced Hurts to burn a throw into the ground. Kendall appeared to miss a block. The second-year O-lineman had a tough assignment, but it was a grind.

Jurgens struggled vs. Simmons and others. He got spun around by the defensive tackle on a run play in which Bigsby was stretched out for no gain. Jurgens also got knocked off balance by Titans D-tackle John Franklin-Myers in the second quarter. He was a turnstile on edge Jacob Martin’s third-down sack of Hurts in the third quarter.