BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Zach Ertz left the Eagles’ Dec. 3 loss at Seattle with a concussion, after a collision caused his head to slam hard into the CenturyLink Field turf as a pass fell incomplete. At home in Northern California, Lisa Ertz’s reaction was visceral.
“I was crying on the floor of my kitchen,” Lisa Ertz, mother of the Eagles’ Pro Bowl tight end, said Friday. “It was hard to see and terrifying. It’s the part of football that’s the worst part, the most terrifying part.”
Any NFL mom might react this way, with more and more research indicating the long-term dangers of football head injuries.