Tight end Mike Gesicki agreed to re-sign with the Bengals before the NFL's free agent negotiating window opened on Monday and that decision was one of the talking points at a press conference in Cincinnati on Tuesday.

Mike Gesicki is returning to the Cincinnati Bengals after agreeing to a three-year contract worth $25.5 million on Saturday, a person familiar with the contract negotiations told The Associated Press.

The Cincinnati Bengals have retained one of their key free agents before the market opens, signing tight end Mike Gesicki to a new deal. According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the Bengals and Gesicki agreed to a three-year deal worth $25.5 million that locks him down as the No. 1 tight end in the offense for Joe Burrow.