ATLANTA — Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert came out of the tunnel for pregame warmups and drills, but was escorted back to the locker room about 45 minutes before kickoff.

The Eagles announced during the first quarter that Goedert was questionable to return with a calf injury.

Here’s video of him leaving ...

Don’t know what happened but Dallas Goedert went back to lockeroom during warmups#Eagles pic.twitter.com/tccxGVrvzc — John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) September 15, 2019

Goedert walked out with the team during pregame introductions wearing his helmet and was talking with coach Doug Pederson.

The Eagles’ talented second-year tight end dealt with a calf injury that kept him out of the preseason and most of training camp.

If the Eagles did lose Goedert for Sunday night’s game, that leaves them in a perilous position.

Earlier in the week, the Eagles released tight end Alex Ellis from the roster and added him to the practice squad, leaving them with only two tight ends on the 53-man roster — Goedert and Zach Ertz.

The Eagles were likely going to run a lot of 12-personnel on Sunday — two tight ends, two receivers and a running back — against the Falcons, but that will be difficult without two tight ends on the roster.

The offensive coaches have been deploying left tackle Andre Dillard as a “tight end" but he’s really just an extra blocker. The first-round pick could be used in that role in 12-personnel, but that would essentially be a declaration of the Eagles running the ball, since Dillard doesn’t have experience as a pass-catcher.

Goedert only had two catches for 16 yards — on three targets — in a Week 1 win over the Washington Redskins, but he was expected to play a larger role against the Falcons.

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