It’s been a huge day for the NFL’s most prolific tight end talent. Well, two-thirds of the trio at least. George Kittle set the ball rolling by signing a five-year contract worth $75M with $40M being guaranteed, making him the highest-paid TE in the NFL by quite some margin. Travis Kelce then followed suit by signing a 4-year extension worth $57 million that has $28 million in guarantees. But where does this leave Zach Ertz?
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This is very unlike Howie Roseman. Carson Wentz, Fletcher Cox, Lane Johnson, are all examples of players who were signed to cornerstone deals that set the market as opposed to playing catchup.