Monday Miami Dolphins Notebook: Gesicki Signs Tag, Grading the Moves, Who Got Away, Cap Talk, More

On a day when they came to terms with three players from other teams and re-signed Emmanuel Ogbah, the Miami Dolphins checked off another box with tight end Mike Gesicki.

The 2018 second-round pick signed his franchise tag tender, which guaranteed him $9.31 million for 2022. The move doesn’t preclude the Dolphins from signing him to a long-term extension if that’s a route they want to choose, though there’s a July 15 for that to get done.

Gesicki became the first free agent to sign his franchise tag tender this year, and the move silenced the notion he might challenge being labeled as a tight end based on his usage — the way Jimmy Graham unsuccessfully challenged several years back when he argued he should be labeled as a wide receiver, which would have produced a more lucrative franchise tag number.