He also had 67 yards and a touchdown to help the Eagles win Super Bowl LII, but with the emergence of fellow tight end Dallas Goedert, Ertz became expendable and was sent to Arizona for cornerback Tay Gowen and a fifth-round pick in 2022.

Ertz could never replicate his Eagles’ success with the Cardinals and thanks to a quad injury played only seven games in 2023. In his absence, Trey McBride, the team’s second-round pick in 2022, stepped up and his 743 yards are now seventh-most among tight ends in 2023.

Once again Ertz was expendable, but asking for his outright release was obviously the wrong move. He hoped to catch on with a contender and according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, had serious conversations with six playoff-ready teams.

As of now, the 33-year-old tight end remains unsigned, but he did make a comeback of sorts in Philadelphia recently. The Ertz Family Foundation distributed over 700 coats, hats and gloves to members of the Philadelphia community this week. Ertz and his wife Julie started the foundation in 2018 and it remains in the city even as Ertz moved on to Arizona.

So even if the NFL has moved on from Ertz, it appears he’ll always have a home in Philadelphia, assuming he cheers for the Eagles on Sunday.

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Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce keep listeners coming back to their “New Heights” podcast, but fans really love when Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce, stops by, as she did during the siblings’ Christmas special.

Kylie, 31, made a guest appearance during the Friday, December 29, episode of the podcast. When asked whether she had “any idea” that her signed Philadelphia Eagles varsity jacket would ignite a bidding war during its November auction, Kylie confessed she was surprised by the hype. (Actor Rob McElhenney and his wife, Kaitlin Olson, placed the winning offer of $100,000.)

“I’m extremely grateful to the McElhenneys for this,” Kylie said on Friday, teasing that she wouldn’t be “worthy” of bidding on the jacket worn by the late Princess Diana in the ’90s that inspired the auction for the Eagles Autism Foundation. “We had absolutely no idea that auctioning one off would be able to [raise that much money].”

Kylie gushed that it was “so amazing” to have the support of McElhenney and Olson. “It’s mind-boggling. I can’t thank them enough for being that generous,” she added. “It’s pretty absurd.”

Kylie’s appearance came shortly after Jason, 36, and Travis hinted that “a revolving door of Kelce family members” would be participating in the “Kelce Family Year End Holiday Spectacular.” They teased that fans would finally be getting answers to a few big questions, with Travis adding, “I got some good ones.” Travis played coy when pressed about whether the questions were for Kylie or his and Jason’s parents, Ed and Donna Kelce, leading some listeners to speculate that Travis’ girlfriend, Taylor Swift, might be making her first cameo on the podcast. (While she didn’t appear, Travis gave a shout-out to her brother, Austin Swift, for his Santa outfit at the Christmas Day Chiefs game.) Jason and Travis’ holiday podcast episode came out after Christmas as the brothers were both busy with football games on Monday, December 25. Jason and the Eagles ended their losing streak by defeating the New York Giants, but Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs suffered a devastating loss to the Las Vegas Raiders with Taylor, 34, and her family in the stands.