In the wake of rugby league convert Karmichael Hunt's VFL debut for Gold Coast, Goodes likened Inglis' natural athletic ability to that of the Swans' own code convert, Mike Pyke.
The former Canadian rugby union international has performed well in the past month as a relief ruckman to Shane Mumford, and even carried the ruck division for a fortnight.
Essendon recently confirmed it held talks with Inglis and Goodes said the prospect of the Storm star playing Australian football was exciting.
"From what's happened with Karmichael and Israel [Folau], it seems like we're getting these fantastic athletes," Goodes said on Monday.
"That's what we've been able to do here at the Swans, with getting Pykey over from a rugby union background.
"As you can see, he's developing. It's taking time but he's just a raw athlete and the amount of things you can do with that talent and ability... He's one of those types of talents, Greg Inglis.
"He's got the size; shed a few kilos off him in a couple of pre-seasons and who knows what he could be playing AFL? But I definitely love watching Greg Inglis play sport."
Meanwhile, Goodes said the Swans are well-placed for the remaining 10 rounds of the premiership season after recent wins against Essendon and Port Adelaide.
However, he said the team's revival began a week earlier, before the narrow round-10 loss to Hawthorn at the MCG.
"Just before the Hawthorn game, we really needed to change a few things and get back to playing a bit like we wanted to play," he said.
"To get so close against Hawthorn; probably should have won that game... but the signs over the last two weeks are really positive."
Goodes said the split round had come at a good time for the Swans, giving them a week off before the now-traditional blockbuster clash at ANZ Stadium against Collingwood.
"We've got a few blokes who are a bit sore and obviously a few blokes who are still injured and not available for selection," he said.
"Hopefully over the next two weeks they're able to get some more training into them and maybe be available after that.
"With 10 games to go, we really want to make sure everyone's primed and ready to go for that Collingwood game in a couple of weeks."
