Mike Gesicki Week 3 Outlook - Bengals at Eagles

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Mon, Sep 21st 2020, 4:21am EDT

There have now been two games in Gesicki's career where he's totaled double-digit targets. The first time was Week 16 last year where he racked up six catches for 82 yards and two touchdowns. The second time was last week where he crushed the Bills for eight catches, 130 yards, and a touchdown. Gesicki now has six touchdowns in his last eight NFL games after not scoring a single touchdown in his first 26 games. It's fair to say that Fitzpatrick's confidence in him has grown. The Jaguars were a team to target with tight ends last year, as any tight end who saw more than four targets finished with at least 11.1 PPR points. That trend continued this year when Jonnu Smith crushed them for 4/82/2 on just five targets last week. With the way Preston Williams is struggling and how little the run game is producing, Gesicki should continue to see targets and be played as a sturdy TE1.