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Zach Ertz 2022 Player Outlook – Far From Finished For Fantasy Managers
3 years agoHaving two talented tight ends on the same team did no fantasy favors for Zach Ertz and Dallas Goedert, so it was a godsend for both players when Ertz was traded by the Philadelphia Eagles to the Arizona Cardinals in the middle of the 2021 season. While Goedert blossomed into a top tight end, Ertz proved to naysayers that his best days were not behind him yet. He posted a 56-574-3 stat line over the 11 games he played with the Cardinals and almost averaged eight targets per week as he became an integral part of Kliff Kingsbury's passing attack while No. 1 WR DeAndre Hopkins was sidelined with hamstring troubles. With Hopkins suspended for the first six games of the 2022 campaign and former No. 2 WR Christian Kirk now with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Ertz should be the third option at worst in Arizona's passing offense during the first half of the season behind newly-acquired Marquise Brown and the returning A.J. Green. But when Hopkins comes back mid-year Ertz might have a difficult time getting quarterback Kyler Murray's attention with all the targets Hopkins, Brown, and Green will garner. Ertz's ceiling is probably a 75-800-8 line that would make him a TE1 for fantasy purposes. Just do not be surprised if his fantasy value goes down as the year goes on due to Hopkins being back on the field, which could drop him to a TE2.
