Tight end Mike Gesicki received his most extensive first-team work as a Dolphin on Sunday and the results were what you might expect from the second-round rookie: very good work as a receiver and clearly room for improvement as a blocker.
Gesicki, who was paired with tight end MarQueis Gray in some first-team sets, caught two touchdown passes but also whiffed on a Torry McTyer blitz that would have been a sack in live game action.
But here’s the encouraging news, according to the Dolphins: Gesicki, whose blocking was considered a shortcoming coming out of Penn State, overall has been competent in that area through four days of camp and two days of practicing in upper pads.