The Atlanta Falcons polarizing 2021 draft decide is right here to keep.
Kyle Pitts and the Falcons reached an settlement on a three-year, $54 million contract, with $36 million totally assured. This is the biggest three-year contract for a decent finish in NFL historical past.
While this can be the biggest three-year contract handed out to a decent finish, this deal places Kyle Pitts third in average annual value (18M) behind George Kittle (19.1) and Trey McBride (19). It can also be third in whole worth, behind these two.
Advertisement
Pitts was in line to make $15M enjoying on the franchise tag this 12 months, however Ian Cunningham and his workforce needed extra long-term safety than that, and it’s arduous to fault them. While Pitts skeptics are fast to level out what he can’t do, they’ve a tough time naming somebody who can substitute what he can do.
2025 was a return to type for the participant who took the league by storm as a rookie. He functioned because the workforce’s second-best receiving possibility and took over when Drake London had to miss time. With Kevin Stefanski calling the photographs, Pitt’s involvement within the offense may take one other leap.
No, Kyle Pitts isn’t an elite inline tight finish, however his capability to get vertical on protection and generate explosive performs makes up for it. It must also be famous that with Austin Hooper and Charlie Woerner rostered, the workforce can have sufficient options for inline duties.
Phase 2 of the Kyle Pitts period is extremely anticipated, and at age 25, as Doc Holliday would say, he’s in his prime.