We all like Gesicki but don't overrate him. Remember how we went through all last season with him playing and felt like we didn't have any weapons? It's because for a pass catching specialist he really struggles to get separation, and he also doesn't have a frame where he boxes out defenders like you'd really want from a tight end. He's easily taken out of a game, and early in the year we threw a lot of picks on balls where Fitz was hoping Gesicki would play like a normal TE would.And also he doesn't block.
He makes fricking great catches- some of the best I've seen. His radius is just terrific when taking that into account. He can make big plays. He can be a component in an offense.
If he ends up somewhere else, it won't be because the team didn't appreciate him. It will be because he is likely to get vastly overpaid by someone.
Remember - it felt like we didn't have any weapons and we had him on the field. If he has another year like this last one, he's going to have some team out there pay him at a rate commensurate with a guy who should be a weapon regardless of what's around him. That's what can make it hard to keep guy like Gesicki.
I hated to lose Charles Clay in the Philbin era, I remembered drafted him and had been hoping he'd deliver on that potential when he got the big chance by default after injury to Keller. But immediately after signing that contract with Buffalo Clay became a noose around their neck, and never came close to living up to it. Gesicki might end up the same way.