Zach Ertz, Philadelphia Eagle

[MDS]

because one time ertz respected women and recycled

[Rome]

lol - ok, that was funny.  i'll give you that one.

as for fletcher cox, he should change his first name to enormous to match the contract he's gonna get.

holy shtein.

[QB Eagles]

I thought his blocking was vastly improved this last season, to the point where that alone was making Celek expendable.

I wouldn't put him in the top five tight ends in the league, but he might be in the top five tight ends it makes sense to give a 5 year extension to. Walker, Gates, Olsen, and Barnidge are all on the wrong side of 30.

[PhillyPhreak54]

And the TE position has become an either or in the last several years.

You're either a good receiver and a lousy blocker or a good blocker and lousy receiver.

[ice grillin you]

contract is perfectly fair for a guy who hasn't been great but is getting better every year as he gets more snaps and could be great one day....my biggest problem with him is inside the red zone...seems to have trouble getting open when the field shrinks

really tho the te wont matter much until you get some wr's

[Diomedes]

Keep the good TE.  Good idea.

[Eagaholic]

Agree. Except

The Philadelphia Eagles have signed tight end Brent Celek to a  three-year, $13 million extension through 2019 accoring to Adam Caplan

$6 mil guaranteed, reportedly.

I haven't been following closely. Was it just the HC duties Chip was fired from and he's still GM?

[ice grillin you]

yeah....that's just stupid

[QB Eagles]

Freed up a little cap space I guess, but they could have saved $5 million by cutting him instead.

[BigEd76]

The team says it replaces his old deal, so he's only signed through 2018

[PhillyPhreak54]

He's a good backup and that's not an awful deal

[Eagaholic]

I think $4.5M/yr is too much for a 31 yr old blocking TE.

[PhillyPhreak54]

He's still a good role player

[Eagaholic]

I agree. He's a pretty decent blocker and I get the idea of wanting some continuity when they will have lots of other holes to fill. But if they want to spend that kind of money to block and protect the QB they'd be better off putting it towards a good guard.

[hbionic]

I agree. He's a pretty decent blocker and I get the idea of wanting some continuity when they will have lots of other holes to fill. But if they want to spend that kind of money to block and protect the QB they'd be better off putting it towards a good guard.

When have the Eagles done anything right?