I think we should go after him. Vikes want him to take a pay cut and it doesn't look like he's in their long term plans. I happen to think he's a very good TE which is something I think we can use.
Think there's a chance? Do we have the cap room?
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He's 29-year-old's and is currently slated to make $7.3 million in 2019. He is the 9th highest paid TE.
1 Jimmy Graham - $10,000,000
2 Travis Kelce - $9,368,400
3 Jordan Reed -$9,350,000
4 Greg Olsen - $8,550,000
5 Delanie Walker - $8,500,000
6 Zach Ertz - $8,500,000
7 Trey Burton - $8,000,000
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Here i the bigger picture. The Dolphins invested heavily on TE last year. Gesicki was a 2nd round pick, and I honestly think that Gase never used him properly. I never understood why we didn't make a concerted effort to work him over the middle of the field like he did in college. Gase would always run weird short sideline routes. He is a big guy, and bigger guys naturally lack the agility to turn upfield. I would completely understand those routes with Grant, Wilson, or Stills. The hope would be that they could turn a 5 yard pass into 20 by quickly flipping up field, but with Gesicki, that never made sense. Let him use his straight line speed to get up field, and throw that dude a high pass and let him go get it.
Also don't forget, we drafted Smythe a blocking TE in the 4th last year. He had moments but looked kinda slow at practices.
In all likelihood, we are probably gonna be cutting at least one of these guys, and depending on what Cox's role is, maybe more than one. My guess is that Cox takes either a TE spot or a RB spot. The Dolphins seem committed to have a full back of some sort on the final roster (maybe O'Leary could compete for that flex role).Tin Indian and resnor like this. -
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Pass, but I bet he ends up in New England
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I wouldn't be too quick to assume that. Prior to NE is was known as a good pass catcher. I know it would be shocking to some of you if a guy was more productive outside NE but he definitely could be. -
He signed as a free agent with the Patriots, but he didn't catch even a single pass in the first eight games of 2017, before going on to catch 10 over the final eight. Then last season, he caught a whopping three passes, on four targets, for 27 yards.
Would it be great, if at age 29 he had a career rebirth and became a real contributor for the Fins this season? Of course. But I'm going to just hope that he can be a really good blocker, help our RT keep Rosen clean, and help pave the way in the running game. He and Gesicki are guaranteed roles on the team barring injury. The question becomes how many of the rest the team will keep, from O'Leary, Smythe, and Walford. Along with FB Chandler Cox. -
It's been echoed in this thread, but I don't think his age really matches up with the direction we're going right now. We could pick him up if he's cut, but I don't see us trading for him. Factor in the fact that he doesn't want to take a pay cut and I don't see it happening either way.
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