Kyle Pitts was supposed to be a generational tight end, but he has not climbed to those heights yet. After posting the third-highest receiving yardage total among tight ends in 2021 and falling just short of Mike Ditka’s all-time rookie record—a mark Brock Bowers shattered in 2024—Pitts suffered a major injury in 2022 and finished 11th and 13th in 2023 and 2024 at his position in terms of yards. That’s good—and Pitts has shown flashes of brilliance in there—but it’s not what the Falcons used the fourth overall pick to get.
Pitts is still just 24 years old and has a long career sitting in front of him, but his time with the Atlanta Falcons might be shorter.