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With the addition of Fuller and his speed in free agency and drafting Waddle and his speed, I can see big opportunities for Gesicki to have a monster year over the middle and down the seams. The safety coverage will be almost definitely cheating to help cover both Fuller and Waddle leaving Gesicki in single coverage by linebackers most of the time. This addition of speed at WR should also help the running game because 8 men in the box will be a gamble against play action.
 
That contract is going to be out of this world. It’s going to be interesting to see if Miami gives it to him.
 
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This is a case where he probably doesn't want to re-sign early if he's looking for the best contract.

He's flashed but not been nearly consistent enough for top TE money. He's more in the top 10 to 15 than top 5 right now as far as I'm concerned. Just disappears too much.

Its in his own best interest to wait it out and put up big numbers if he can.
 
Merle13 said:
With the addition of Fuller and his speed in free agency and drafting Waddle and his speed, I can see big opportunities for Gesicki to have a monster year over the middle and down the seams. The safety coverage will be almost definitely cheating to help cover both Fuller and Waddle leaving Gesicki in single coverage by linebackers most of the time. This addition of speed at WR should also help the running game because 8 men in the box will be a gamble against play action.
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I was day dreaming about this yesterday. All the possibilities.

When they spread things out, if they line up Gesicki in the slot next to Fuller while lining up Waddle in the slot to the other side -- how can they possibly pay extra attention to MG?

He should see a lot of single coverage this season.

If he doesn't then that should mean Fuller and/or Waddle aren't getting extra attention which is great for us.
 
GhostArmOfMarino said:
This is a case where he probably doesn't want to re-sign early if he's looking for the best contract.

He's flashed but not been nearly consistent enough for top TE money. He's more in the top 10 to 15 than top 5 right now as far as I'm concerned. Just disappears too much.

Its in his own best interest to wait it out and put up big numbers if he can.
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I don’t know about that. Outside of the obvious big names Kettle, Kelce, Waller etc you’d be hard pressed to find a young TE that can do what he can. Hell the top TEs don’t have his ability.

That kid is going to get paid!
 
ANUFan said:
That contract is going to be out of this world. It’s going to be interesting to see if Miami faces it to him.
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If Hunter Long plays a lot this season, I can see Gesicki getting moved....

Tua holds the keys to the Lamborghini here.
 
ANUFan said:
That contract is going to be out of this world. It’s going to be interesting to see if Miami gives it to him.
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Two things.
1. We drafted his replacement in Hunter Long ... nowhere near the upside, but a solid player. If Long makes the roster, either we're not re-signing Gesicki (most likely) or we're giving up on the promising Adam Shaheen, both of whom are superior athletically compared to Long.
2. This is the best possible year to re-sign players, and it is no coincidence that the Patriots chose this year to splurge in FA. The cap is unrealistically low. In two or three years time any contract signed today will be an incredible bargain, so no need to worry about re-signing Gesicki even if we make him the highest paid TE, because like Xavien Howard's ... it's going to look low very quickly. And, we are not going to make Mike Gesicki the highest paid TE, so any contract he signs will be a good one for the team signing him. If we let him go, we're just plain dumb at this point.

Don Shula always said you need to keep your best players ... and when it's so cheap to do and your player has phenomenal upside and is an ascending player ... it's a no brainer. But, we're the Dolphins ... so there's always a group pounding the table to screw it up. Tunsil was a good player, and we let him go ... but got a king's ransom for him. None of those picks have made the Pro Bowl yet though, so the jury is still out. In Gesicki's same draft class we drafted Minkah Fitzpatrick, who has already been an All-Pro FS every season that he was NOT a Miami Dolphin. He repeatedly asked to be given a specific position ... not an unreasonable request. We wanted a chess piece, and we knew he wasn't happy. It remains to be seen how that pick turns out, but I have very high hopes for Jaelan Phillips. Giving Gesicki away for nothing would be foolish.

Just my humble opinion ... and reasonable minds may disagree. But, we have a terrible history of letting our talented people leave ... and we never build anything. I was hoping that ended when Tannenbaum left. Guess we're still throwing good money after bad and refusing to re-sign our own.
 
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Two things.
1. We drafted his replacement in Hunter Long ... nowhere near the upside, but a solid player. If Long makes the roster, either we're not re-signing Gesicki (most likely) or we're giving up on the promising Adam Shaheen, both of whom are superior athletically compared to Long.
2. This is the best possible year to re-sign players, and it is no coincidence that the Patriots chose this year to splurge in FA. The cap is unrealistically low. In two or three years time any contract signed today will be an incredible bargain, so no need to worry about re-signing Gesicki even if we make him the highest paid TE, because like Xavien Howard's ... it's going to look low very quickly. And, we are not going to make Mike Gesicki the highest paid TE, so any contract he signs will be a good one for the team signing him. If we let him go, we're just plain dumb at this point.

Don Shula always said you need to keep your best players ... and when it's so cheap to do and your player has phenomenal upside and is an ascending player ... it's a no brainer. But, we're the Dolphins ... so there's always a group pounding the table to screw it up. Tunsil was a good player, and we let him go ... but got a king's ransom for him. None of those picks have made the Pro Bowl yet though, so the jury is still out. In Gesicki's same draft class we drafted Minkah Fitzpatrick, who has already been an All-Pro FS every season that he was NOT a Miami Dolphin. He repeatedly asked to be given a specific position ... not an unreasonable request. We wanted a chess piece, and we knew he wasn't happy. It remains to be seen how that pick turns out, but I have very high hopes for Jaelan Phillips. Giving Gesicki away for nothing would be foolish.

Just my humble opinion ... and reasonable minds may disagree. But, we have a terrible history of letting our talented people leave ... and we never build anything. I was hoping that ended when Tannenbaum left. Guess we're still throwing good money after bad and refusing to re-sign our own.
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Nice post but I disagree that Hunter is his replacement. It’s more than likely Hunter is here to replace Smthye(We just extended the other TE). Hopefully this FO isn’t of the mindset of taking proven dynamic weapons away from Tua for maybe he could be a weapon in Hunter. The drop off pass catching-wise is huge.

Also wrong guy when it comes to Minkah. I’m not a fan of his at all. He just wanted out and the rest is excuses. Look at this defense...Do you think Flo and Co told any player you’re ONLY doing this and playing this position? Clearly not! The entire defense is about being fluid and doing more than one thing.

Also I can tell you don’t follow the news out of Pitts where there are reports he’s complained out there regarding his role.
 
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fastball83 said:
I really hope we resign Gesicki before the season, I like him, tho to him and he will catch.....I think he don't receive all the liking due to him here JMo
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EJay said:
I was day dreaming about this yesterday. All the possibilities.

When they spread things out, if they line up Gesicki in the slot next to Fuller while lining up Waddle in the slot to the other side -- how can they possibly pay extra attention to MG?

He should see a lot of single coverage this season.

If he doesn't then that should mean Fuller and/or Waddle aren't getting extra attention which is great for us.
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A win - win situation.

I love it - LOL
 
ANUFan said:
I don’t know about that. Outside of the obvious big names Kettle, Kelce, Waller etc you’d be hard pressed to find a young TE that can do what he can. Hell the top TEs don’t have his ability.

That kid is going to get paid!
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Sure, but they will be overpaying for potential and not actual production. In that case he can walk.

I want to keep him but paying top 5 money for a guy who isn't consistent just doesn't strike me right.
 
GhostArmOfMarino said:
Sure, but they will be overpaying for potential and not actual production. In that case he can walk.

I want to keep him but paying top 5 money for a guy who isn't consistent just doesn't strike me right.
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The kid has improved EVERY season and is quickly becoming known as top pass catching TE in the league. This is with Miami having virtually no weapons offensively. What the heck do you think should happen this season as team are forced to move these bracket coverages against our other weapons?

Lol....
 
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