Eagles news: Birds players on trading block as deadline nears; Merrill Reese celebrated; latest trades and rumors

With the NFL trade deadline near, it’s entirely possible several players donned their Eagles jersey for the final time Sunday. 

Dallas Goedert, the tight end who has played his entire career with the Eagles since having been drafted in 2018, said he “always dreamt” of retiring with the Eagles. But he is among a handful of players on expiring contracts who could be moved before the 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline, though salary cap implications — he would count $18.2 million in dead money next season instead of $9.6 million — make him a less likely candidate than others.

Still, Goedert, 31, knows “anything can change.” He spoke to general manager Howie Roseman “a couple weeks ago.”

After Sunday's loss to the New York Giants, it's hard to even consider the possibility the Eagles could somehow turn the season around. After all, it's been 50 days since the Birds last won a game.

Even if they were able to muster the energy and effort lacking during Sunday's loss, the Birds would have to overcome NFL history.

Just one team in the Super Bowl era has begin a season 2-7 and advanced to the playoffs — the 2020 Washington Football Team, which ended the season with a 5-2 run to win the NFC East with a 7-9 record.

One of the few bright spots of Sunday's loss was a halftime celebration of longtime Eagles announcer Merrill Reese, who is in the middle of his 50th season as the team's radio voice.

The team surprised the NFL's longest-tenured announcer by revealing the new name of his studio — the Merrill Reese Broadcast Booth.

"Every time I come to this booth, I say two things," Reese told fans. "There's no place in the world I'd rather be, and there's nothing in the world I'd rather be doing. And I hope to do it for years to come."