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2025 season · compare · tight ends

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Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

72 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Mike GesickiTE · Bengals · graded
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Kyle PittsTE · Falcons · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Mike GesickiKyle Pitts
Target shareof team targets
10%44th
23%97th
Depth of targetair yards per target
10.097th
7.476th
After the catchyards per reception
2.32nd
4.535th
Catch ratereceptions per target
67%17th
75%59th
EPA per target
+0.1024th
+0.2147th
First downsper target
45%77th
43%74th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
2%67th
2%77th
Yards per game
23.651st
54.694th

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's tight endsamong 72 tight ends
Mike GesickiKyle Pitts
MikeWins before the catchDropback targetNo screens
KyleThird-down guyMotion manRed-zone guy
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
10%79th
7%61st
Screensshare of his targets
0%10th
9%75th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
21%28th
18%16th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
21%2nd
43%29th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
7%47th
29%99th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
10%47th
20%87th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
42%13th
73%94th
Play actiontargets off play action
7%4th
20%26th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying tight ends; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
Target shareDepthYACCatch rateEPA / tgtFirst downsDropsYds / game
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Mike Gesicki
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Kyle Pitts
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsReceiving EPA

Mike Gesicki gets the most from the ball in the air (+26.6 EPA), Kyle Pitts gets the most after the catch (+48.3 EPA), and Kyle also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−24.4).

Mike Gesicki+4.4
Kyle Pitts+24.6
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartMikeKyle
Air yardson catches+26.6+0.63 a target · 97th+20.1+0.17 a target · 65th
After the catch+7.5+0.18 a target · 3rd+48.3+0.41 a target · 30th
Incompletionstargets not caught−13.5−0.32 a target · 10th−24.4−0.21 a target · 45th
Interceptionswhen targeted−15.2−0.36 a target · 6th−18.5−0.16 a target · 24th
Two-point triesnot in the rates−0.9−0.9
Total+4.442 targets+24.6118 targets

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per target, with its percentile among the league's qualifying tight ends; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Mike Gesicki

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Kyle Pitts

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Targets placed by air yards and side of the field, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · M.Gesicki and K.PittsSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 18
Mike GesickiKyle Pitts

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Mike 2.7Kyle 7

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Mike 31.7Kyle 43.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Mike +1.35Kyle +0.37

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Mike 11.1Kyle 6.9

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 38+ · dud under 5
M.Gesicki
14Wk 118Wk 26Wk 38Wk 415Wk 50Wk 67Wk 78Wk 89Wk 910Wk 1011Wk 1135Wk 1219Wk 1386Wk 1411Wk 1535Wk 1647Wk 1713Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
24 ± 22
K.Pitts
59Wk 137Wk 239Wk 370Wk 45Wk 518Wk 662Wk 759Wk 838Wk 938Wk 1014Wk 1125Wk 1282Wk 1390Wk 14166Wk 1557Wk 1616Wk 1758Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
55 ± 35

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (1057 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardM.GesickiK.Pitts
Points a game3.3TE357.2TE7
Season42.7TE38122.8TE3
Most weeks0.9–4.22.7–8.8
Booms · busts2 · 99+ · under 34 · 49+ · under 3
Half PPRM.GesickiK.Pitts
Points a game4.4TE359.8TE5
Season56.7TE40166.8TE2
Most weeks1.4–5.63.8–11.9
Booms · busts1 · 912+ · under 44 · 412+ · under 4
PPRM.GesickiK.Pitts
Points a game5.4TE3712.4TE4
Season70.7TE41210.8TE2
Most weeks1.9–7.25.0–15.2
Booms · busts1 · 915+ · under 55 · 415+ · under 5

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekM.GesickiK.Pitts
Wk 11459
Wk 21837
Wk 3639
Wk 4870
Wk 515·
Wk 6·18
Wk 7·62
Wk 8·59
Wk 9·38
Wk 10·38
Wk 11·14
Wk 123525
Wk 131982
Wk 148690
Wk 1511166
Wk 163557
Wk 174716
Wk 181358
Season307928

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonM.GesickiK.Pitts
Targets42118
Receptions2888
Yards307928
Touchdowns25
Target share10%41st23%3rd
Depth of target10.03rd7.418th
After the catch2.371st4.547th
Catch rate67%60th75%30th
EPA per target+0.1055th+0.2139th
First downs45%17th43%19th
Drop rate2%24th2%17th
Yards per game23.636th54.65th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Mike GesickiKyle Pitts
2550
2018202020222025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Mike Gesicki2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons1213533,8332431.72021: 78045.9 a game25.6below his career rate
Kyle Pitts2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons782843,5791545.92021: 1,02660.4 a game54.6above his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.