I said Howard is the best player on defense but I just think in the game today, a player like Gesicki is more important because it is a passing game now. I am not advocating trading Howard and he is still under contract for 4 years after this season. Gesicki is a free agent and unless they resign him or franchise him, they will likely only get a possible 3rd round supplemental pick if he signs with another team.
They may also get nothing for him if they sign a lot of high priced free agents in 2022. Perhaps Long will be able to become a more complete TE since he was a top receiving TE at BC and he is suppose to be better as a blocker than Gesicki. Yet Long hasn’t even been able to make the active roster much this season, so we really don’t know what he offers to the offense.
I expect Howard to be a Dolphin next year but with the OC’s inability to get Gesicki more involved in the offense, you have to wonder if he even has any interest in remaining with the Dolphins beyond this year.