Dolphins camp preview: Mike Gesicki

The off-season workouts did not provide Miami Dolphins fans glowing reports about 2nd round pick Mike Gesicki but training camp will give a good indication of what the Dolphins drafted.

Miami needed a tight-end and they needed one in a bady way. They didn’t need a guy who could be pulled out of the play to add additional blocking to the offensive line, they needed a go-to tight end who could split the seam or go high in the end-zone. That is what Mike Gesicki is supposed to be.

Gesicki is not a one trick pony but lets face facts he isn’t well-rounded either. Gesicki is a power tight-end in the passing game. That breed of Rob Gronkowski types that can use their body to shield defenders and create mismatches with defensive schemes.

Miami has a lot of weapons on offense. Now they have one more. Kenyan Drake, DeVante Parker, Danny Amendola/Albert Wilson and Kenny Stills are now joined by a legit pass catching threat tight-end. It could and should be a nightmare for opposing defenses.

Suddenly other teams have to account for the Dolphins tight-ends. Hopefully.

Gesicki needs to get up to speed with the NFL and the Dolphins playbook and he needs to do it quickly. Miami is going to rely on his play this season and training camp is going to be a trial by fire type of situation where his rep counts are going to increase exponentially as the camp and pre-season moves on.

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Gesicki has never had a route running problem but Adam Gase wants to implement his offense without removing plays from the book. Something he has had to do over the last two years for various reasons. This may be the first year we get to see all that Gase has in store.

One thing that was prominent in the Adam Gase system was tight-end. Julius Thomas in Denver and again with Martellus Bennett in Chicago.  Gase has not had that really good TE since arriving in Miami and Thomas was a massive failure. Mike Gesicki should be that guy.

As training camp begins, in a couple of weeks, Gesicki is going to be a focal point of fans and media. How well he adapts, runs his routes, blocks, his catching ability, and more importantly his rapport with Ryan Tannehill will all be under the microscope. This makes Gesicki one of the players to watch during camp.