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Zach Ertz isn’t ready to hang up the cleats just yet.
“I just want to make that clear—that I’m not retiring,” the Washington Commanders tight end told reporters Monday. “I had so much fun this year. I feel rejuvenated. I feel young. This is the most amount of games I’ve played in a season at 34 and I felt like I played good football this year. So, for me, it’s just figuring out everything going forward. And they know how I feel about this place.”
The next question is whether he will return to Washington, as he is scheduled for free agency this offseason. But he sounded like he didn’t want to go anywhere.
“I think just being able to be here with the group of guys, the people, the quarterback, Kliff [Kingsbury]DQ [Dan Quinn]has just really allowed me to enjoy every single day,” he said. “A lot of time when you’re in a tough spot, the weight of just everything is heavy. And so this year just felt freeing, to just go out there and just being able to be myself every day—people that built me up in a way that they believe in me, they have confidence in me to go do what I do.
“And, obviously, playing with Jayden [Daniels] was extremely fun. It was a one-year [deal] so far, but I feel like we’re just scratching the surface as a quarterback and tight end combination.”
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