Cincinnati Bengals sign Mike Gesicki to three year extension: Instant Reaction
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00:00Mike is sick. He was going to have a really strong market in free agency. Why it's a weak tight end class from a free
00:06agent standpoint, there's just not a lot of proven veterans in the market and
00:10He was going to get paid and the Bengals knew that in recent days
00:14They made a push to get Mike a sickie done and they got it done three years
00:18Twenty five and a half million dollars NFL Network and Jordan Schultz and all these reporters were on it
00:23It includes twelve million dollars up front
00:26Which is exactly how you get a deal like this across the finish line the Bengals weren't going to give Mike the sick use 29
00:33years old
00:34Two years guaranteed or do that?
00:36But when you do a three-year twenty five and a half million dollar deal and half of its up front, you're Mike a sickie
00:41You're getting that cash flow right away. Boom. You get the deal done
00:44More importantly if you're the Bengals you get a deal done that Joe Burrow want it done
00:48Joe Burrow made it clear and I'm gonna pull up the quote here that I wrote in my article from Bengals talk.com
00:54This is from January 4th
00:56that guy was so valuable for us all year and a guy that in my opinion we need to bring back and
01:00So the Bengals knew that Kasich. He was gonna have a strong market. They knew he fit with Joe
01:05Obviously you have the uncertainty with Trey
01:07You have T Higgins from what I sounds of it by the time you see this video will be landing in Cincinnati
01:13Obviously, we're gonna cover all this this evolving news and the Bengals were like, all right. Well, let's make a push
01:18Let's get this done. They get it done makes a ton of sense
01:21It does because if you don't have tea
01:24Locked up. Well, Mike is sick. He's a huge part of your offense regardless
01:28But if you don't have tea even for a game or two or five like last year
01:31The offense was running through Mike a sickie at times
01:34And so it's just a huge piece and you look at that tight end room and yeah, you have drew sample
01:39Yeah, you have Kim Grandy to blocking tight ends
01:42You need someone that can catch in a pass first offense
01:45Mike is sick
01:45he can do that at a really really high level has a good rapport with Joe and
01:49If you draft someone in this this draft a tight end guess what it's gonna be just fine
01:57because it's going to be
01:59as simple as
02:02This guy and Mike can groom you from a pass-catching standpoint drew sample can help you as a blocker
02:08Kim Grandy can help you as a blocker and it's really unfortunate what happened with Eric all he's gonna miss the season and his
02:14Football future is in serious question
02:16And that's why keeping Mike is sick even more
02:19So why it made a ton of sense for the Cincinnati Bengals, so I like this move
02:23I I don't think anyone shouldn't I haven't seen the cap
02:28Impact yet on what that will do. I'm sure we'll cover that on locked on Bengals, but it's that time of year
02:36Where the Bengals they got to start getting some of these things done
02:39You know
02:40You got to get this t-domino done soon
02:42Like I if you're going to do it get it done before you start negotiating with these other free agents if you're trading trade
02:47well, then trade him get him gone and
02:49Get moving. So you have room you have space to address these other needs and I'm not sure
02:55When those dominoes will drop but obviously we're going to have you covered
02:58but overall you're talking about a guy Mike is sick either had 65 catches that had
03:03665 yards last year had a two touchdowns into me
03:08You know you think about the New England game you think about other touchdowns where they were also just really close
03:13This is a guy that could have 60 catches 600 plus yards
03:17Five to seven touchdowns this year reasonably. That's a huge part of your offense
03:22It's arguably wide receiver three. And so for the Bengals to get this done
03:28it
03:29Sets the table now if you can get tea done and obviously Jamar done. Well now you're passing offense
03:36It's pretty much set because you have Andre Yosavage
03:39You have Mike the sickie you have T Higgins and you have Jamar chase
03:43So this is a big move for the Cincinnati Bengals. You don't want to create a void
03:47You don't want to create a hole going into the draft
03:50There weren't many guys that you could pursue in free agency like Evan Ingram got released this week. He's a good player
03:58But Mike is sick, you know fits Mike is sick, you know knows the offense Mike is sick
04:02You know is going to make an impact when you need him to
04:06And it's going to be quiet enough when you need it to be the T Higgins and Jamar chase show and that's fine
04:12It's exact. He knows his role. He plays that role at a high level reward him for it
04:16This makes a ton of sense. We're gonna have you covered. This is just the start ladies and gentlemen
04:22So buckle up Mike a sickie
04:23I would give that a thumbs up and if you're listening to us on audio what you can do take us with you on
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04:39If I had to give this a great it would be an instant reaction b-plus
04:43So there you go b-plus for getting Mike a sickie
04:46The plus is is for signing him before free agency would have cost if you let him get to free agency
04:52Because he would have had a heck of a market. So
04:55Way to be proactive Bengals
04:57Maybe be proactive with some of these other guys