The Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots are scheduled to square off in Week 2 of the NFL preseason. The two teams are also having joint practices this week, which gave Zach Ertz an opportunity to meet head coach Bill Belichick. Ertz was nice enough to introduce his wife Julie to arguably the greatest football mind of all time. Belichick certainly appreciated that gesture, but he's also not going to let that moment slip away without telling the Eagles star how much he wants to have him in Foxboro, per ABC Philadelphia reporter Jamie Apody.

Perhaps one of your first thoughts about this meeting between the Eagles' downfield threat and Belichick was “Is that tampering?” Whether it is or not, it appears everything is cool. Belichick may or may not really mean that but at the same time, Ertz is surely a tight end most coaches in the NFL would rather have over one guy on that same position's pecking order.

The Patriots made some key moves to shore up their tight end position in the offseason. They signed Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith in order to bolster a TE group that scored a grand total of one touchdown in the 2020 NFL season.  Patriots fans are not used to seeing such a paltry TD production from the team's tight ends. After all, they had been spoiled by Rob Gronkowski in the past.

Belichick can just wait his turn in recruiting Ertz in the next offseason. Ertz only has a year remaining on his current deal with the Eagles.

As for Ertz, the Eagles are looking for him to rebound this season after playing in just 11 games and scoring just a touchdown reception a year ago.