It started as a joke. The Philadelphia Eagles fan base that has always had a disdain for the Dallas Cowboys couldn’t stand that their rookie tight end’s first name shared that of one of their most bitter rivals. They even asked that Dallas Goedert changed his name to ‘Philly’.
Let’s not get serious about this one ladies and gents. It was a joke, and it was a joke born out of the venom that sometimes comes from rival fan bases.
Then, Goedert took one to the house in last year’s overtime thriller at AT&T Stadium, and everyone just seemed to forget that they hated his name so much.