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NBC Sports Rotoworld fantasy football takes on Mike Gesicki
Every source-backed article insight STACKED has extracted from NBC Sports Rotoworld about Mike Gesicki.
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All NBC Sports Rotoworld insights about Mike Gesicki
NegativeBustOct 30, 2026
Gesicki is a sit in Week 8 against Pittsburgh as his unsustainable touchdown rate is due for regression. He has five touchdowns this year and is scoring on 27.8 percent of his targets. His TD rate is nine percent higher than any other tight end with at least 15 targets and eight percent higher than the best single-season mark for a tight end since the turn of the century. Lawrence. Jacksonville is fully expecting him to fade back into fantasy obscurity over the second half of the season.NegativeRoleOct 28, 2026
Erick All's torn ACL could provide a slight uptick in snap rate and route participation for Mike Gesicki, though he will remain a difficult weekly start for as long as both Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins remain healthy.NegativeRoleOct 8, 2026
Gesicki prepares for one of his now-annual spot features; the source suggests this is a recurring pattern of limited but targeted usage.PositiveRoleOct 8, 2026
Mike Gesicki pushes for TE1 status any time his more talented teammates are injured, and a whole lot of them are hurt for Week 5.PositiveRoleOct 7, 2026
Gesicki would likely operate as a short and intermediate target for Burrow if both Higgins and Chase are sidelined in Week 5, positioning him as a secondary option in a depleted Bengals passing attack.PositiveRoleOct 6, 2026
Tight end Mike Gesicki could be utilized more as a 'big slot' if both Chase and Higgins miss Week 5.PositiveUsageOct 5, 2026
Gesicki scored his third touchdown of the year in Week 4, but the source notes he didn't seem all that involved even after Chase went down; he earned only a nine percent target share and ran 69 percent of the routes. While those numbers may climb next week if one or both of Cincinnati's top wideouts can't suit up, the lack of a target boon has the source treating Gesicki as a boom/bust TE2 for Week 5.NegativeProjectionOct 5, 2026
Gesicki found paydirt in Week 4 with his third touchdown of the year, undoubtedly fueled by the losses of Chase and Higgins. However, he didn't seem all that involved even after Chase went down, earning a paltry nine percent target share while running 69 percent of the routes. Those numbers may climb next week if one or both of Cincinnati's top wideouts can't suit up.PositiveBustSep 16, 2026
Don't chase Gesicki's Week 1 stat line of five catches, 78 yards, and a touchdown. He ran a meager 46 percent of the Bengals' routes and was targeted on 45 percent of those routes. The source's spreadsheets indicate that kind of per-route target rate is unlikely to hold up for even one more week. Without more routes, Gesicki is a deep league-only play for now.NegativeProjectionSep 14, 2026
Gesicki posted a 5/78/1 receiving line in Week 1's shootout with Tampa Bay, his second-best fantasy score of the entire 2025 season and a top-12 finish for the week. However, he ran routes on just 46 percent of Joe Burrow's dropbacks—leading a team with Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins in targets while running fewer than half the routes. The source does not expect this to repeat and profiles him as an interesting stash rather than a weekly starter.NegativeProjectionSep 9, 2026
Gesicki is ranked TE32 for Week 1 against Tampa Bay.NegativeRoleAug 17, 2026
Gesicki ran three routes with the starters over two drives, all on third down, with training camp standout Erick All sidelined. The source states there are better picks than Gesicki even in the 20th round of DraftKings drafts.NegativeRoleAug 17, 2026
Gesicki ran three routes with the starters over two drives in Cincinnati's preseason opener. All three routes came on third down, indicating limited early-down involvement.NegativeProjectionNo date
31-year-old Gesicki isn't about to take another step forward this season, though he may be a more stable streamer with Fant no longer in the picture.PositiveProjectionNo date
Gesicki now has the tight end role to himself after Noah Fant left for the Saints, potentially providing more stable streamer appeal than the combined 62/595/5 line he and Fant posted in 2025.