Commanders tight end Zach Ertz is still grinding his way back after tearing the ACL in his right knee in Week 14, and he says the rehab process is far from finished.
“We’re in a good spot. We’re like five, almost six months now from surgery,” Ertz said.
“Just training every day, doing everything I can to get back to where I was. It’s a long process.
There’s some long days, there’s some long weeks, some long months . . . it’s tough, but we’re just trying to stack these days right now.”
In Dallas, Dak Prescott likes what he’s seeing from the Cowboys defense. The quarterback said the unit is carrying “ a lot of confidence, ” and he’s looking forward to watching that show up once the team moves into the contact phase.
“ Yeah, they’re playing with a lot of confidence, ” Prescott said, via the team’s website. “Y ou can just tell by the way they’re communicating - whether it’s walkthroughs, whether it’s out there at practice, 7-on-7 [drills], yeah, guys are taking ownership in what they’re being asked.
We’ve got great energy from not only C.P., but the rest of the coaches, so it’ll be a battle. They’ve already gotten us in some of these plays, and in OTAs, and the rush isn’t even [allowed yet].
So, once you let Quinnen and [Rashan] Gary and Kenny [Clark] and all those guys take off and put pressure on me, I’m sure it’s gonna be tougher.”
Across the division in New York, Brian Burns says Kayvon Thibodeaux deserves credit for how he has handled a crowded edge rusher group and the noise that came with trade rumors this offseason. Burns said he believes Thibodeaux’s best football is still ahead of him.
“ I’m so proud of Thibs, dog. And I don’t want to sound all sentimental or whatever, but just the man he is and he’s becoming, like the way he handles his business, is something that’s really inspirational.
He’s doing everything right. He’s leaving no stones unturned, and that’s something that I really commend him on because he is put in tough situations at times, and he’s handled it like a pro, ” Burns said, via Giants Wire.
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