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Ertz: 'Everyone On Our Team Right Now Loves The Process'

By Andrew Porter

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- Cary Williams and Bradley Fletcher out, Byron Maxwell in. Trent Cole out, Kiko Alonso in.

Nick Foles out, Sam Bradford in. LeSean McCoy and Chris Polk out, DeMarco Murray and Ryan Mathews in. Jeremy Maclin out, Miles Austin and now rookie Nelson Agholor in.

It's no secret Eagles head coach, now GM, Chip Kelly has made plenty of contentious moves in his first offseason with personnel control. Eagles third-year tight end Zach Ertz explained the culture Kelly is building in Philadelphia.

"We have guys on our team right now, that fully love each and every part of the process of being great," Ertz told Angelo Cataldi and the 94WIP Morning Show on Friday. "Whether it's getting better in the morning by watching film, or lifting weights, or doing all the conditioning stuff. Everyone on our team right now loves the process and it's a lot fun to play with guys like that because it makes it fun to come to work every day and compete with them. So, the guys that we've brought in have been unbelievable to me. Some of the other younger guys, DeMarco Murray is second to none in his way he approaches the game, and it's gonna be a lot of fun this year.

Listen: Zach Ertz on the 94WIP Morning Show

 

"You're gonna put as much work in as you want to put in and if the coach doesn't see that you're doing enough then it's his choice to get rid of you," Ertz continued. "In my perspective, I want to do everything I can to be great. That's not influenced by the coaches or the media, or whatever. That's because I want to be great."

Kelly, in his first NFL Draft with final say, began by selecting the aforementioned wide out Agholor with pick No. 20 on Thursday night. Agholor, who was born in Nigeria and turns 22-years-old on May 24th, played running back in high school. While his 4.42 speed isn't necessarily elite for a wide receiver, Agholor possess unique explosiveness and breakaway speed.

Ertz, a tight end for Stanford from 2009-2012, is familiar with the University of Southern California receiver.

"They had a lot of good players, a lot of good receivers at USC when he was there, but he kind of stuck out honestly when we played him," Ertz said of Agholor. "He was very fast, very physical running in the open field. So, I think it's something that is going to help us a lot."

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