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Mike Gesicki – August 12, 2018 Download PDF version

Sunday, August 12, 2018

TE Mike Gesicki

(I didn’t talk to you after your first game. What was your first NFL game like?) – “It was cool. It was awesome. The best part about it was I kind of forgot I was playing in the NFL out there. I just was not thinking as much and just going out and playing, and doing what I’m supposed to do and just letting all of the preparation that I did beforehand take care of itself out on the field.”

(You almost had a ridiculously high one-handed catch. What were you thinking as that was happening?) – “Almost. I have to go back to work and get more touches in and do whatever I have to do to make that catch, because to me, that’s a play that I have to be able to make.”

(You had several very good blocking plays, including against Tampa Bay DE Jason Pierre-Paul who obviously is one of the best. What was the key to having a successful blocking night?) – “Just to trust my coaching and do everything that (Tight Ends) Coach (Shane) Day has been out here teaching us to do in terms of technique and everything, and just trust in myself and believe in myself. Nobody believes in me being able to block outside of the guys in this locker room, and that’s all I need, is the guys in this locker room and these coaches to believe in me. They do each and every day, so I appreciate them. Coach Day is helping me out each and every day, and my teammates, the tight ends, everybody. It’s going to be a daily process each and every day, but just continue to get better.”

(Will you go back and watch every play from Thursday that you blocked on? Will you do it yourself, will you do it with Tight Ends Coach Shane Day?) – “We already went back and watched the whole tape. We go back as a tight end unit, we go back and watch the whole film. Whether you’re in or not, you’re kind of grading it as if it’s your own play.”

(I know you just addressed it somewhat, but are you encouraged by how you blocked the other night?) ­– “Yes. That’s the expectation. It’s not like ‘Oh my god, Mike blocked somebody!’ I know that that’s what everybody thinks, but that’s not what it is. (laughter) When I’m out there, that’s the expectation. I’m not going to turn around and let somebody run free. That’s my job, and whether I’m catching a fade or blocking a defensive end, that’s my job and I’m going to do it to the best of my ability.”

(Does it add some fuel to your fire?) – “I think in the past when I was younger, I used to use all of the outside stuff as motivation, but it doesn’t mean anything. All that matters is what’s in the Dolphins locker room, the coaches and the players in there. Everything else, if people want to write stuff or talk about stuff, it’s pointless.”

(It seems like every time there is a good receiving tight end, that’s what they talk about – blocking. Is it physical, is it mental, is it technique?) – “A lot of it is technique. If you have the right mindset and you have the right mentality, a lot of it is technique and just getting the reps in. It’s getting your hands inside, punch, getting off of the ball. It’s not as much as people want to look into it and think it’s more than it is. It’s just technique and the want-to.”

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