The Tennessee Titans have a big need at tight end entering the 2022 offseason.

Tennessee's top three tight ends from the 2021 season — Geoff Swaim, Anthony Firkser, and MyCole Pruitt — will all be free agents in March.

It's unclear if the Titans plan to bring any of those three players back in 2022.

The Titans could choose to make a splash and sign a top free-agent tight end, or they could go with a tight end by committee approach.

Longtime Miami Dolphins beat writer Omar Kelly is predicting that Tennessee goes the "splash" route and signs impending free-agent tight end Mike Gesicki.

Kelly is extremely dialed in when it comes to the Dolphins, so I took notice when I saw this tweet from him on Saturday morning.

Gesicki, a former second-round pick out of Penn State, is an intriguing player. He caught 73 passes for 780 yards and two touchdowns in 2021 while being used in a hybrid wide receiver/tight end role in Miami.

The Dolphins should want to bring Gesicki back in 2022, but they'd likely have to franchise tag him to do that. Gesicki could argue for the wide receiver tag, which is expected to be around $18.4 million, over the tight end tag, which is expected to be around $10.9 million.

There's also the question of whether or not new Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel needs a player like Gesicki in his offense (which places a high priority on blocking tight ends). Gesicki isn't a perfect fit for McDaniel — even though he's an extremely talented and productive player.

Miami could tag and trade Gesicki (which is more likely if he gets the tight end tag) or they could simply let him walk.

If Gesicki walks, he's projected by Pro Football Focus to receive a deal worth $55 million over four years. The average annual value of $13.75 million would place Gesicki among the top five highest-paid tight ends in the NFL (just behind Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews and just ahead of New England Patriots tight end Jonnu Smith, a former Titan).

The problem with signing Gesicki is that I'm not sure he's going to fit any better with the Titans than he would with the Dolphins under McDaniel.

Gesicki would be a better fit split out wide in a pass-heavy offense. The Titans are definitely not a pass-heavy offense (they passed the ball 51 percent of the time in 2021, which was next to last in the NFL).

Now, I still think the Titans could use Gesicki — he'd be a great third option in the passing game, behind AJ Brown and Julio Jones (and given Jones' injury history, he could often be the No. 2 option). But the Titans would still have a hole to fill at the tight end position if they signed Gesicki, though signing him would allow Tennessee to also sign a cheaper tight end option who is used almost exclusively as a pass/run blocker.

I like the idea of Gesicki in Nashville. I think he's worth the contract he's projected to receive. I'm just not sure the Titans will see him as a necessary addition to the offense.

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