The Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz-to-Zach Ertz connection has quickly developed into one of the most prolific in the NFL.

It might not be Tom Brady-Rob Gronkowski or Ben Roethlisberger-Antonio Brown in terms of stature and longevity, but their recent production has them ranked alongside or even above some of the more celebrated tandems in the NFL.

Consider these numbers from ESPN Stats & Information: Their 34 completions this season is the most of any quarterback-tight end duo through Week 6. They have six red zone hookups, second only to Carson Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald (7) to this point in the season. Wentz has targeted Ertz eight times in the red zone, which is even with Brady-Gronkowski, while their four red zone TDs is the most of any QB-TE combo.

This isn’t a brand new development. Since Week 8 of last season, Wentz-to-Ertz has connected 101 times, again the most of any QB-TE duo.

Dynamite Duos Most receptions by QB-receiver duo since Week 8 of 2016: Combo Receptions Ben Roethlisberger/

Antonio Brown 106 Carson Palmer/

Larry Fitzgerald 103 Carson Wentz/

Zach Ertz 101

The jump in touchdown production stands out. Ertz has already matched his career high in TDs (4) with 10 games still to play.

"It's just all of the offseason work with Carson. I think the coaches have a lot of confidence in me down there. That stems from all the offseason work that we put in, the offseason red zone emphasis that we had all spring and summer, and then I've just made plays," Ertz said. "The O-line has held up. I think Carson is putting the ball in amazing spots. I'm just able to go up there and catch the ball. I have the easy part."

Continuity is proving to be key for Ertz. Since being drafted in the second round in 2013 out of Stanford, he went from Michael Vick to Nick Foles to Mark Sanchez to Sam Bradford to Wentz. Just about every year before this one -- and in some cases in-season -- he's had to start from scratch in building a rapport with his QB. Now he has a steady quarterback -- and a pretty good one, it appears.

"Carson's obviously playing amazing football," Ertz said, "and it's easy to play with a guy like that."

Ertz noted the degree to which he's featured will change week-to-week -- he only caught two passes this past Thursday against the Carolina Panthers, for instance, it just so happened that both were for touchdowns. But if history is our guide, we should expect him to be plenty active on Monday Night Football against the Washington Redskins. He has more career targets (71), catches (54) and yards (531) against Washington than any other team. He struck again in the season opener in Washington, hauling in all eight of his targets for 93 yards.

"I just like going against the Redskins, I guess," he said with a smile. "The opportunities have been there in the past couple games. It's a fun environment. That's probably the one team that is the most fun to play against, im my opinion, just because there's so many battles -- even though we've lost some of them, I think they're very close games. And the fans are so close to one another that they really hate us and we really don't like them. I've had my number called, I've made the most of my opportunities, and I'm excited about this week."