Twelve receptions, 82 yards, eight touchdowns. Those were the red zone numbers from tight end Zach Ertz in 2017, among the best of all receivers, not just tight ends, in the NFL. The numbers represented The Next Step for Ertz in his football evolution, so now it can be said with full agreement: Zach Ertz is one of the best in the business.
A Pro Bowl season, a Super Bowl win, with the winning points coming on a Nick Foles-to-Ertz catch-and-run-and-dive, played out perfectly for Ertz in his fifth year as an Eagle. As the team’s offseason conditioning program moves into its second week, Ertz insists his mentality – and the team’s – remains the same.