Is Mike Gesicki playing this week?
No injury designationMike Gesicki has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:42 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Start. Scored 12.7 points last game against a typical 5.1 (trending up).
Why we say start
- Projected 9.0 points, #12 among TEs this week, inside the top 12 we recommend starting.
- Scored 12.7 points last game against a typical 5.1 (trending up).
- CIN's offense is expected to score about 27 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Averaging 5 targets a game.
- Played 51% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 5.1 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~27 pts
- Vegas line
- CIN favored by 2.5
- Game total
- 51.5
- JAX vs TEs
- 4% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 51%
All week 4 tight end rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
31
Height
6'6"
Weight
245 lb
College
Penn State
Experience
8 seasons
Draft
2018 · Pick #42 (MIA)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 99.9?
Gesicki tops all tight ends this season because nearly every target has turned into a big gain, with a 80% success rate and huge expected-points value per target. Through just 10 targets over two games, his 4th-down touchdown catch against Pittsburgh stands out as the biggest play driving that number.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target ranks 1st of 35 tight ends, at +1.271 expected points per play
- Success rate on targets ranks 1st of 35 at 80%
- Week 3 vs PIT: 25-yard touchdown catch on 4th and 2 (+4.9 expected points)
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 3. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
1.194
Success rate
80%
WPA (sum)
0.30
Opponent adj.
0.051
Plays graded
10
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 1 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen StatsWhat do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.