The Buffalo Bills have been linked with a name the team has been connected to in the past: Tight end Zach Ertz.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Bills are one of at least four teams to have expressed interest in him:
Two key free-agent decisions loom for two decorated players. Both former Colts’ LB Shaquille Leonard and former Cardinals TE Zach Ertz are free agents, and both are likely to have new homes in the next 48 or so hours, per sources. Leonard is considering the Cowboys and Eagles,…
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 3, 2023
Ertz to Buffalo is an idea we’ve heard before.
Last week, the Arizona Cardinals released Ertz. He was subject to waivers but he was not claimed. Ertz is free to sign with any team.
Ertz, 33, has played 12 seasons in the NFL. A bulk of that was with the Philadelphia Eagles, another team interested in re-signing him now, from 2013-2021.
In October 2021, Ertz was traded to the Cardinals and at that time the Bills had expressed interest in him at that time but the deal was nixed by the Eagles–according to Ertz himself.
“There were a couple teams extremely interested, Buffalo being one of them,” Ertz said in May 2023. “It was almost a done deal, but it just didn’t get over the finish line.”
Ertz to the Bills now seems much less likely with the emergence of first-round rookie Dalton Kincaid combined with Dawson Knox already being at the position. However, Knox is currently on injured reserve due to a wrist injury. That could potentially be more serious if Buffalo does truly have interest in adding Ertz.
Bills Wire will provide updates as information is made available.
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