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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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Pat FreiermuthTE · Steelers · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Mike GesickiPat Freiermuth
Target shareof team targets
10%44th
11%52nd
Depth of targetair yards per target
10.097th
6.053rd
After the catchyards per reception
2.32nd
6.281st
Catch ratereceptions per target
67%17th
76%67th
EPA per target
+0.1024th
+0.4376th
First downsper target
45%77th
39%62nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
2%67th
0%91st
Yards per game
23.651st
28.662nd

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 GesickiPat Freiermuth
MikeWins before the catchDropback targetNo screens
PatStaticDropback targetScreen game
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
10%79th
9%73rd
Screensshare of his targets
0%10th
12%92nd
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
21%28th
30%75th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
21%2nd
51%53rd
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
7%47th
12%73rd
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
10%47th
11%56th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
42%13th
33%4th
Play actiontargets off play action
7%4th
9%6th

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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Pat Freiermuth
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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), Pat Freiermuth gets the most after the catch (+36.3 EPA), and Mike also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−13.5).

Mike Gesicki+4.4
Pat Freiermuth+23.3
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartMikePat
Air yardson catches+26.6+0.63 a target · 97th+4.8+0.09 a target · 53rd
After the catch+7.5+0.18 a target · 3rd+36.3+0.67 a target · 85th
Incompletionstargets not caught−13.5−0.32 a target · 10th−12.6−0.23 a target · 33rd
Interceptionswhen targeted−15.2−0.36 a target · 6th−5.2−0.10 a target · 37th
Two-point triesnot in the rates−0.9–
Total+4.442 targets+23.354 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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Pat Freiermuth

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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 P.FreiermuthSolid 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 GesickiPat Freiermuth

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Mike 2.7Pat 4.7

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Mike 31.7Pat 44.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Mike +1.35Pat +0.40

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Mike 11.1Pat 6.6

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
P.Freiermuth
28Wk 131Wk 26Wk 30Wk 45Wk 511Wk 6111Wk 713Wk 827Wk 933Wk 1019Wk 1119Wk 120Wk 139Wk 1445Wk 1520Wk 1663Wk 1751Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
29 ± 27

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.GesickiP.Freiermuth
Points a game3.3TE354.3TE26
Season42.7TE3872.6TE22
Most weeks0.9–4.20.9–6.1
Booms · busts2 · 99+ · under 31 · 99+ · under 3
Half PPRM.GesickiP.Freiermuth
Points a game4.4TE355.5TE29
Season56.7TE4093.1TE24
Most weeks1.4–5.61.7–7.6
Booms · busts1 · 912+ · under 41 · 712+ · under 4
PPRM.GesickiP.Freiermuth
Points a game5.4TE376.7TE30
Season70.7TE41113.6TE25
Most weeks1.9–7.22.3–9.1
Booms · busts1 · 915+ · under 51 · 715+ · 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.GesickiP.Freiermuth
Wk 11428
Wk 21831
Wk 366
Wk 48·
Wk 515·
Wk 6·11
Wk 7·111
Wk 8·13
Wk 9·27
Wk 10·33
Wk 11·19
Wk 123519
Wk 1319·
Wk 14869
Wk 151145
Wk 163520
Wk 174763
Wk 181351
Season307486

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.GesickiP.Freiermuth
Targets4254
Receptions2841
Yards307486
Touchdowns24
Target share10%41st11%35th
Depth of target10.03rd6.034th
After the catch2.371st6.214th
Catch rate67%60th76%24th
EPA per target+0.1055th+0.4318th
First downs45%17th39%28th
Drop rate2%24th0%1st
Yards per game23.636th28.628th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Mike GesickiPat Freiermuth
2550
2018202020222025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Mike Gesicki2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons1213533,8332431.72021: 78045.9 a game25.6below his career rate
Pat Freiermuth2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons742612,6762236.22022: 73248.8 a game32.4below 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.