Mike Gesicki Fantasy Overview

Production & Fantasy Finishes

Gesicki caught 28 balls for 307 yards and 2 TDs across 13 games last year. He ranked 39th among TEs in PPR points per game and 37th in half-PPR.

Gesicki finished TE2 in Week 14 but had just one other top-12 week. He ranked outside the top 25 in 10 of 13 outings.

Gesicki was significantly more productive with QB Joe Burrow. He averaged 7.4 PPR points in seven games with Burrow vs. just 3.2 in six games without him, although that was largely due to that big Week 14.

Usage & Role

Gesicki ran a route on 46.3% of pass plays across his 13 games, ranking 35th among TEs. His 0.18 targets per route and 8.9% target share ranked 32nd and 34th, respectively, among 40 TEs with 200+ routes.

Gesicki finished TE35 in both expected PPR and half-PPR points per game.

Efficiency & Regression

Gesicki hauled in 66.7% of his targets and averaged 11.0 yards per catch last year.

Among those 40 TEs with 200+ routes, he ranked:

• 22nd in yards per target
• 29th in yards per route

Offensive Context

The 2025 Bengals ranked top-6 in pass rate (64.0%), neutral pass rate (63.5%), and pass rate over expected (plus-4.3%), despite Burrow missing nine games and most of a 10th.

The pass rate surprisingly shrank to 58.4% in Burrow’s seven full games, although they still posted a plus-4.2% pass rate over expected in those contests.

Cincinnati’s pass protection was shaky, with the offensive line ranking 28th in ESPN pass-block win rate and 26th in Pro Football Focus pass-blocking grade.

Historical Production & Trends

Gesicki posted a 65-665-2 receiving line in his Bengals debut in 2024, finishing TE19 in PPR points per game. Much of that production came with WR Tee Higgins out, though. Gesicki averaged 13.8 PPR points per game without Higgins but just 6.8 with him.

His playing time, volume, and per-route efficiency sank from 2024 to 2025:

Injury History & Durability

Gesicki missed four games last year with a left pectoral injury suffered in Week 6.

He missed just one total game with injury across his first seven NFL seasons, with a right shoulder sprain in 2020.

Projected Role & Competition

The Bengals lost TE Noah Fant in free agency this offseason. In 11 games together last year:

• Gesicki ran more routes than Fant (44.1% to 23.6%)
• And saw more targets (37 to 24)

Fant’s departure presents only a slight upgrade to Gesicki’s situation.

The Bengals return TEs Tanner Hudson and Drew Sample, who totaled 34 targets across Gesicki’s 13 games last season. The team also added TE Jack Endries in Round 7 of this spring’s draft and gets TE Erick All back after he missed all of 2025 with a second right ACL tear.

Gesicki is the favorite to lead the crowded TE room in targets, but don’t expect him to dominate.

Cincinnati also returns WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, who will be the clear top two targets. And RB Chase Brown has racked up 153 targets over the past two years.

Coaching & Offensive Scheme

Zac Taylor is back for his seventh season as Bengals HC and offensive play caller.

Taylor’s offense going pass-heavy is one of the most bankable things in all of fantasy football. Here’s where Cincinnati has ranked in pass attempts, pass rate, and neutral pass rate since Burrow arrived:

Paths to Ceiling

Gesicki averaged 13.8 PPR points in five games without Higgins back in 2024. That would have ranked fourth among TEs in 2024 and fifth last year.

Another injury to Higgins or Chase could force Gesicki back into a significant role in Cincinnati’s pass-heavy offense.

Risk Factors

Chase, Higgins, and Brown are better target bets than Gesicki. And the TE room is crowded, especially with the addition of rookie Jack Endries and return of Erick All.