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Detroit Lions tight finish Zach Ertz practiced together with his new staff Wednesday, probably making the threetime Pro Bowl participant obtainable for the NFC championship sport in San Francisco.
ALLEN PARK, Mich.: Detroit Lions tight finish Zach Ertz practiced together with his new staff Wednesday, probably making the three-time Pro Bowl participant obtainable for the NFC championship sport in San Francisco.
The 33-yr-previous Ertz agreed to a cope with Detroit earlier this week so as to add a lot-wanted depth.
Lions coach Dan Campbell stated he isn’t positive how rapidly Ertz can stand up to hurry to probably be within the lineup in opposition to the 49ers on Sunday.
“I know he’s in shape,” Campbell stated. “I talked to him the other day. He understands we’re just going to gauge this and see where we’re at.”
Record-breaking rookie tight finish Sam LaPorta had just one participant, Anthony Firkser, behind him on the depth chart earlier than Ertz agreed to a deal. Backup tight ends Brock Wright and James Mitchell have been injured in every of the previous two video games.
Six years in the past, Ertz had the go-forward landing reception in Philadelphia’s Super Bowl win over New England and had an NFL single-season document for catches by a good finish with 116 throughout the 2018 season. Ertz was traded by the Eagles to Arizona throughout the 2021 season and requested for and was granted his launch from the Cardinals practically two months in the past.
“He’s played at a high level,” Campbell stated. “There’s things that he does well and it’s just a matter of, is this the week to use him?”
LaPorta had 86 catches within the common season to interrupt the rookie tight finish document set by Keith Jackson in 1988 with the Eagles. The second-spherical choose from Iowa, who has 11 receiving touchdowns, has set league marks by a rookie tight finish with eight receptions in a playoff sport and 12 catches in a postseason.
The 28-yr-previous Firkser was on the sector for 16 snaps over two playoff video games in Detroit and performed in two common-season video games for the Lions.
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