With the fantasy football playoffs approaching the championship round, Zach Ertz has quietly been one of the hotter tight ends recently.
Fantasy football start/sit advice, Week 16: Zach Ertz an easy call vs. Giants
Few tight ends are producing as much as Zach Ertz has been in the month of December.
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Over his last three games, Ertz has caught 25 passes for 271 yards and one score. He is the No. 1 fantasy scorer among tight ends over that span. Ertz has also been targeted an average of 10.6 times per game over his last five contests.
He is the only consistent pass-catcher in the Philadelphia Eagles’ offense, so there is no reason to think that changes on Thursday when they host the New York Giants. This is the same defense Ertz caught eight passes for 97 yards against in Week 9.
Fantasy Impact: Yahoo! ranks Ertz as the seventh-best tight end in Week 16. He faces a Giants defense allowing the ninth-most fantasy points to tight ends over the last five weeks.
Keep Ertz in your starting lineup this week.
