Commanders star Zach Ertz banks huge $750k windfall in crucial win over Falcons
Zach Ertz may have had the best regular-season game of his long NFL career, at least if the Washington Commanders are most concerned about how he lines his pockets.
Ertz earned $750,000 in bonuses from the win over the Atlanta Falcons alone.
Three different contract incentives worth a quarter of a million were cashed in during the five promotional periods, one of which came during the final play of the game.
Ertz’s first $250,000 bonus was for gaining over 600 receiving yards during the season. He then reached half a million by catching sixty or more passes in 2024.
Then, on the game’s deciding play, Ertz made a spectacular catch off a pass from Jayden Daniels, clinching Washington’s first playoff berth since 2020.
That grab doubled with his sixth touchdown catch of the season, earning him the final $250,000 bonus of the night. That’s a lucrative evening for the 34-year-old.
Zach Ertz may have had the best regular season game of his long NFL career in terms of bonuses
Ertz took home $750,000 from three bonuses each collected Sunday against the Falcons
Ertz is in his first season with the Commanders and is brought to the nation’s capital as another veteran target to help rookie Daniels.
Both the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft and the veteran tight end have played beyond expectations and led Washington to its best regular-season record in more than three decades.
The Commanders will be the No. 6 or 7 seed in the playoffs, meaning a trip to Philadelphia, where Ertz played for eight seasons, or Los Angeles, will be the Wild Card round.
Ertz has enjoyed a career renaissance playing again in the NFC East, reaching over 600 yards on one team for the first time since 2019.
The only thing that could make Ertz’s regular season better? A victory over the Commanders’ biggest rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, against whom they play on Sunday afternoon.