When the Eagles traded quarterback Sam Bradford in early September, it seemed to hit tight end Zach Ertz hard. Not as hard, say, as it would have if he hadn’t ol’eyd a chance to block Vontaze Burfict late in Sunday’s game against the Bengals, or if he had taken the previous week’s loss to Seattle a little harder than it appeared when he was captured on television immediately afterwards smiling and chatting with Seahawks players.
Ertz admitted in September that he was "obviously disappointed"’ upon hearing of the Bradford trade with Minnesota, and who could blame him? It had taken most of the previous season for Bradford to find Ertz in the Eagles’ offense, but when Bradford did the results were why we once again were snookered into thinking his next season would be his breakout one.