The NFC Championship Game is a showdown between the Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles that will decide who advances to the Super Bowl. After two previous games this season, the Eagles hold the edge with a dominant win in Week 11 that featured a 20-point fourth quarter.

His career left for dead, Ertz has been reborn with the Washington Commanders and now returns to Philadelphia, where he became a top tight end.

Ertz had high praise for the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback. Among playoff quarterbacks, Daniels ranks first in passing yards and fourth in completion percentage and has tossed four touchdowns in two games with a 116.2 quarterback rating.

Former Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz says the Washington Commanders helped him “fall back in love with the game again.”

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Tight end Zach Ertz has been at this stage before, so he knows better than most Washington Commanders what it takes to win the game on the biggest stage.

Winning is new around here. Two weeks ago, the Washington Commanders won their first playoff game in 19 years. Sunday’s NFC championship game will be just the 11th playoff game since the turn of the century for the organization and its first conference championship game since Joe Gibbs — the coach for whom they named a street at the practice facility just north of Dulles airport

Veteran Commanders tight end Zach Ertz knows all about the importance of keeping Daniels healthy in order for the franchise to deliver a Super Bowl, so it's no surprise that he was steamed over a hit that Detroit Lions defensive end Josh Paschal delivered on his quarterback in last Saturday's NFC divisional round playoff game.

Zach Ertz helped the Philadelphia Eagles win their first Super Bowl. Now, with the Washington Commanders, he faces his former club in the NFC Championship Game.

While Hurts suffered an injury against that Rams that has limited him this week, he did indicate that he was making progress ahead of the NFC championship game against the Commanders.

This Eagles-Commanders game isn't for all the marbles, but it's for a shot to play in the Super Bowl, and that's a huge deal.