Hype is an interesting thing. In the case of NFL draft prospects, it can set wild expectations in the minds of people who have never seen the player in question actually perform on the fild. There was perhaps no player who received more hype throughout the 2021 NFL Draft process than Kyle Pitts.
The Falcons find themselves at 5-7 and on the fringe of the playoff conversation. This is not where many expected them to be, and yet it still feels slightly underwhelming. Pitts’s performance undoubtedly plays into that blasé feeling. He was touted as a generational Atlas, capable of carrying Atlanta on his shoulders.