Kyle Pitts could not have drawn more hype coming into the 2021 season. The marriage of the rookie and his tight end-loving head coach was widely heralded, and Pitts showed just enough of his tantalizing upside in his very limited preseason reps and in training camp to make us think he might take the league by storm. We had our caveats—rookie head coach, rookie tight end in a league where tight ends struggle to get off to fast starts, etc.—but the talent was not in question.
In the first six weeks of the season, Pitts seemed well on his way.