Don't care about the number he's wearing, I just want to see him continue to progress as a TE.
Don't care about the number he's wearing, I just want to see him continue to progress as a TE.
why is that odd?In an odd way I think Gase forcing him into more block situation his rookie year is going to help him a lot in his 2nd season. Sure! It may have hit at his confidence a little. But and I'm hoping, it convinced him he needed to get stronger in the off season. Getting stronger is going to help his entire game including in the pass-catching phase.
There's a Mike Gesicki video Easter egg at the bottom of this article. It's every target and catch that Gesicki had in 2019 on All-22.
https://www.fivereasonssports.com/voices/the-miami-dolphins-are-terrible-at-this/
I guarantee you, there's more physicality in that Gesicki video, in the way he created separation and got open, than you probably remember. He started off poor with that bad fade pass against the Titans and then I think people mostly remember stuff like the failed hurdle against the Texans.
They don't remember how he got open against the Titans (the play before the fade) and the Raiders by being really physical with his hands, creating space for the ball with physicality. They don't remember how impossible he was to stay with in man coverage when he ran drag routes. They don't remember how bad Ryan Tannehill and Brock Osweiler were at placing the football in the sort of spots that give a Tight End a chance to make a play (something Tannehill has been bad at going back to Texas A&M). They don't remember BIG plays left on the field against the Bengals, Vikings, and Bills, because our QBs couldn't execute throws.
They don't remember how some of Gesicki's catches that come off as pathetic with no-gains were that way because the QB was late, or because he had zero business throwing it to Gesicki in the first place and made the wrong decision on a pretty simple route combination. They don't remember that Gesicki caught some of those balls even with the defender climbing all over him or hitting him immediately at the catch point.
Here also is a piece I did regarding Mike Gesicki's poor usage in 2018 and how it reflected a disconnect between coaching staff and front office.
https://www.fivereasonssports.com/voices/what-happened-to-the-mike-gesicki-we-were-promised/
I agree with ANUFan that there's something there that is being largely dismissed.
why is that odd?
Continue? You mean start?Don't care about the number he's wearing, I just want to see him continue to progress as a TE.
88 is very similar to BB which is Big Bird's initials.