Kyle Pitts’s trade would have looked at by “several teams”, “Falcons” prefer “to keep you

While most of the discussion around Atlanta Falcons are currently running on the question of whether they will go from Kirk Cousins, another high -level player on the list would arouse commercial interest.

According to Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz, “several teams” contacted to find out about Kyle Pitts, but the Falcons “prefer” to keep the end of 24 years.

When the Falcons went to the OTAs this week, most of the accent were placed on the fact that the cousins ​​were not there. Bowler’s quadruple pro pro seeks to be a starter in 2025.

Falcons are entirely at the moment on Michael Penix Jr. as quarter-arre 1 after having selected it with the eighth choice in total in the 2024 draft.

June 1 could be a key date for a resolution to the situation of cousins, as falconons can save 27.5 million dollars compared to the 2025 ceiling if it is exchanged after Sunday. A post-June 1 version would cost them $ 10 million against the ceiling.

Pitts was not present for the start of the OTA either, although there are contradictory relationships on the reasons why he is absent. James Palmer of NFL Network said that he was in Falcons’ facilities, but did not participate in field work due to a foot injury rather than a problem with his contract.

The initiate of the NFL, John Middlekauff, noted on Wednesday that the tight veteran is “not so comfortable” playing the last year of his recruit contract this season.

The comments of the Falcons head coach, Raheem Morris, earlier in the off-season, suggest that they are not necessarily in a hurry to extend Pitts.

“He will always have the additional pressure due to the height of his writing, right?” Morris told journalists in the NFL Scouting combination. “So, we want to be able to get the young man out and be the best version of him. We will always make the right decision for the Falcons, and we will always make the right decision for us to move it forward. We will have to understand these things.”

Pitts was incoherent in the first four years of his career. The Florida alum began a summit with 1,026 yards and 15.1 yards per reception as a recruit in 2021, but it has only 1,625 yards in 44 games since the beginning of 2022.

Falcons have made Pitts the tight end most written in the history of the NFL when they selected it n ° 4 in total in 2021. It is due to $ 10.9 million this season after recovering its fifth year option in April 2024.

Given the Pitts Draft Pedigree and even younger age, it is not a surprise that the teams call to see if the Falcons would be interested in exchanging it. Nor is it a surprise that they want to keep it, because they can use all their past weapons to make the life of Penix in its first full season as a starter.