Zach Ertz is off to a quick start with the Cardinals originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
While the Eagles were getting beaten soundly by the Raiders in Las Vegas, one of their all-time great players got off to a great start in Arizona.
Traded last Friday, Zach Ertz played his first game with the Cardinals on Sunday and hauled in a 47-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter against the Texans.
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It was a beauty.
The 47-yarder was Ertz’s longest catch since the 2017 Super Bowl season and the the third-longest of his career. He had a 60-yarder in the 2015 season and a 53-yarder in 2017.
Ertz’s previous long catch in 2021 was a 28-yarder in the opener against the Falcons. And Ertz went over 47 yards in just two games this season with the Eagles.
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Without Ertz, the Eagles made Dallas Goedert their unquestioned No. 1 tight end. While just about nothing went well for them against the Raiders, at least Goedert had a few big catches and was productive.
Ertz, 30, finished his Eagles career with 579 catches, just 10 shy of Harold Carmichael’s franchise record.
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