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Higgins doubtful

Bengals should be looking to use Gesicki

The Bengals are calling Tee Higgins doubtful, and I am officially interested in Mike Gesicki. I think he’ll be picking up most of that Higgins role in the offense.

Gesicki is officially a tight end, but he plays more like a wide receiver. He sure got busy last week, with Joe Burrow going to him a bunch. I saw a one-handed catch that was as good as you’ll see – up there with some of his remarkable catches at Miami. Gesicki’s hands are maybe the best of anybody playing the position. (There was a run of a few years when he was at the Dolphins that he had the league’s best drop rate among tight ends.)

Gesicki finished the Philly game with 7 catches. Some of the other wide receivers who might in theory do more with Higgins out, meanwhile, didn’t do much. I saw one early 41-yard catch from Jermaine Burton. He also caught a 47-yard ball when Higgins was a DNP at Arrowhead. Burton probably will be starting in that Higgins spot next year. But I think Burton at this point is primarily a rotational deep threat. Andrei Isovias didn’t catch any of his 3 targets and he also didn’t catch anything in Week 7.

Gesicki, on the other hand, has caught 7 passes in each of the last two games that Higgins has missed. I take that as good evidence that he’ll be involved in the passing game this week.

Only 31 times this year has a tight end caught 7 passes in a game, and Gesicki has two of those games.

TIGHT ENDS WITH 7 CATCHES IN A GAME
PlayerOppResultNoYardsAvgTD
Dallas Goedert, Phil.at N.O.W 15-121017017.00
Evan Engram, Jac.at Chi.L 16-351010210.20
Cole Kmet, Chi.at Ind.L 16-2110979.71
Brock Bowers, L.V.at LARL 15-2010939.30
Travis Kelce, K.C.at L.V.W 27-2010909.01
David Njoku, Cle.Cin.L 14-2110767.61
Trey McBride, Ari.at Mia.W 28-27912413.80
Isaiah Likely, Balt.at K.C.L 20-27911112.31
Brock Bowers, L.V.at Balt.W 26-2399810.90
Cade Otton, T.B.Atl.L 26-319819.02
Brock Bowers, L.V.Pitt.L 13-329717.90
Travis Kelce, K.C.N.O.W 26-139707.80
Hunter Henry, N.E.Sea.L 20-23810913.60
Cade Otton, T.B.Balt.L 31-41810012.50
Brock Bowers, L.V.at Den.L 18-3489712.11
Trey McBride, Ari.at G.B.L 13-3489612.00
Hunter Henry, N.E.at Jac.L 16-3289211.50
Will Dissly, LACat Ari.L 15-1788110.10
George Kittle, S.F.Ari.L 23-248648.01
Jonnu Smith, Mia.at Ind.L 10-1679613.71
Mike Gesicki, Cin.at K.C.L 25-2679113.00
Travis Kelce, K.C.at LACW 17-1078912.70
Kyle Pitts, Atl.T.B.W 36-3078812.60
Zach Ertz, Was.Chi.W 18-1577711.00
George Kittle, S.F.at Min.L 17-2377610.91
Mike Gesicki, Cin.Phil.L 17-3777310.40
Kyle Pitts, Atl.Sea.L 14-347659.30
Dallas Goedert, Phil.at T.B.L 16-337628.90
Colby Parkinson, LARG.B.L 19-247527.40
Jake Ferguson, Dall.at NYGW 20-157497.00

—Ian Allan

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