Level of interest in acquiring Zach Ertz?

[Totally_Red]

How much interest do you have in the Eagles tight end as a potential Cardinal (he is due an $8.5 million salary this season)?

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Put me in the very high catagory. He is only 30 and just one non COVID year removed from 88 catches for 916 yards. He gives us the sort of tall target Kyler needs for over the middle throws.

 

[Syracusecards]

How much interest do you have in the Eagles tight end as a potential Cardinal (he is due an $8.5 million salary this season)?

none if we have to pay him $8.5m

 

[BigRedRage]

id take him but I dont care if he comes here or not.

 

[Cardiac]

He is famous for getting zero YAC.

 

[TheCardFan]

Depends on the cost

 

[Son of RedRage]

Hicks for Ertz straight up? Sure. Any other deal? No thank you.

 

[SoonerLou]

Put me in the very high catagory. He is only 30 and just one non COVID year removed from 88 catches for 916 yards. He gives us the sort of tall target Kyler needs for over the middle throws.

You know I think this is an aspect people are forgetting. Fitz and Arnold got us those over the middle tough catches we needed.

 

[gmabel830]

I saw an ESPN article with speculative trades and saw a hypothetical Ertz/Hicks swap... that makes a lot of sense


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[Chris_Sanders]

You know I think this is an aspect people are forgetting. Fitz and Arnold got us those over the middle tough catches we needed.

Well and more precisely when he doesn't set his feet he sails the ball high. That might also have to do with his release angle to get over the linemen.

In either case I saw it enough to see we need a guy in the middle that can high point the ball. Ertz has always had excellent hands and has a huge catch radius.

I care less about Yards After the Catch than the ball going off fingertips and into the arms of a defender.

 

[splitsecond]

Count me in on very high. I don't know why an Ertz / Hicks swap isn't great for both teams.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Hicks for Ertz straight up? Sure. Any other deal? No thank you.

Mainly this. I’d sweeten it with a 5th or later pick.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Count me in on very high. I don't know why an Ertz / Hicks swap isn't great for both teams.

According to some posters hicks is a net negative.

 

[slanidrac16]

Well we didn’t want pay Arnold and some say we don’t use the TE anyway. So I don’t see us paying Ertz 8m a year.

Jesse James could be “ just a guy” who we don’t really use for 2m or less.

 

[Goldfield]

Well we didn’t want pay Arnold and some say we don’t use the TE anyway. So I don’t see us paying Ertz 8m a year.

Jesse James could be “ just a guy” who we don’t really use for 2m or less.

True

 

[Harry]

Wait until he’s cut.

 

[Shane]

Wait until he’s cut.

If we can trade Hicks may as well he gonna be cut too... don’t have to compete off waivers

 

[oaken1]

If we can trade Hicks may as well he gonna be cut too... don’t have to compete off waivers

Agree. Why compete in free agency when we can just take his rights.
If we do the hicks deal the money is negligible

if he plays injury free he can easily give us more production than Arnold.... likely absorbs all the targets from Arnold and Fitzgerald both....

if he doesn’t work out? Hell.... cut him next off season and draft a guy

but at least he is a good enough player with a big enough reputation to see if Kyler and kingsberry will actually even use a TE

 

[BritCard]

According to some posters hicks is a net negative.

I've seen several fan groups advocating for trading for Hicks including Eagles and Saints.

I don't think Hicks is what he once was, but I also think he would improve a lot back in a 4-3.

 

[Stout]

Depends on the cost

Exactly. He's not a player I want us wasting draft capital on.

Hicks for Ertz straight up? Sure. Any other deal? No thank you.

Ditto.

 

[Dr. Jones]

I think I'd rather see us kick the tires on Hayden Hurst if we wanted to trade for a TE.

 

[football karma]

at the right price -- Ertz would be a good addition

but: the contract isnt one i would want, especially if you have to trade to get it.

the rub is Ertz wanted a new deal -- i think we can assume not for less money.

so i dont know if you want to trade for a guy who thinks that $8mm a year isnt enough for him.

maybe things with current cap have changed his thinking (and, he is staring at $0 maybe if he gets released)

 

[Proximo]

If we can trade Hicks may as well he gonna be cut too... don’t have to compete off waivers

you are ignoring the salary cap implications. In no way is Ertz worth his contract.

 

[Krangodnzr]

I've seen several fan groups advocating for trading for Hicks including Eagles and Saints.

I don't think Hicks is what he once was, but I also think he would improve a lot back in a 4-3.

Naw B. Hicks has lost a step significantly. He used to be fast.

 

[Shane]

you are ignoring the salary cap implications. In no way is Ertz worth his contract.

you are ignoring the salary cap implications. In no way is Ertz worth his contract.

Hicks is due for 6 million and Ertz 8 Million.... The salary cap implications are negligible at best. We still have almost 14 million in space.