Mike Gesicki was at one point looked at as one of the NFL’s best receiving tight ends.
However, following multiple down years, he signed a low money one year deal with Cincinnati for $2.5 million.
After a bounce-back year with Joe Burrow, the Cincinnati Bengals rewarded Gesicki with a big-money contract extension for three years and $25.5 million.
It just so happens to exactly match the amount of money that Gesicki made in the prior seven years of his career before he got his big deal.
Back in 2018, Gesicki was drafted in the second round to Miami as a receiving tight end, and he had a rookie year to forget with poor blocking and middling receiving production.