The Dolphins know second-year tight ends Mike Gesicki and Durham Smythe are bigger. What’s not yet clear is whether they’re significantly better.
In an effort to improve their blocking, Gesicki boosted his weight from the low 240s at the starting of his rookie training camp to the low 250s now. Smythe’s jump was even bigger, from 243 to 261.
Both know that playing time won’t be gifted with a new coaching staff, not with three other veteran tight ends on the roster in potential starter Dwayne Allen, Nick O’Leary and Clive Walford. O’Leary might have been the best tight end through four days of camp. And Allen, who has missed all four days of camp recovering from an injury, likely will eat into both of the 2018 draft picks’ playing time — more so Smythe’s
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In an effort to improve their blocking, Gesicki boosted his weight from the low 240s at the starting of his rookie training camp to the low 250s now. Smythe’s jump was even bigger, from 243 to 261.
Both know that playing time won’t be gifted with a new coaching staff, not with three other veteran tight ends on the roster in potential starter Dwayne Allen, Nick O’Leary and Clive Walford. O’Leary might have been the best tight end through four days of camp. And Allen, who has missed all four days of camp recovering from an injury, likely will eat into both of the 2018 draft picks’ playing time — more so Smythe’s
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