| 2021 Stats | ATL | Week | |
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TOT |
| TM Snap % |
68% |
79% |
84% |
72% |
69% |
- |
67% |
83% |
75% |
61% |
81% |
78% |
94% |
54% |
82% |
78% |
51% |
74% |
74% |
| recYds |
31
|
73
|
35
|
50
|
119
|
-
|
163
|
13
|
62
|
60
|
29
|
26
|
48
|
61
|
77
|
102
|
69
|
8
|
1026 |
| Tar/Rec |
8/4 |
6/5 |
3/2 |
9/4 |
10/9 |
- |
8/7 |
6/2 |
7/3 |
7/4 |
5/3 |
6/2 |
7/4 |
6/5 |
7/4 |
6/6 |
4/2 |
5/2 |
110/68 |
| TM Tar% |
26% |
13% |
9% |
23% |
22% |
- |
21% |
22% |
23% |
30% |
16% |
21% |
18% |
22% |
27% |
27% |
21% |
21% |
21% |
| recTDs |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1 |
| FScore |
3 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
17 |
0 |
16 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
108 |
| FS/PPR |
7 |
12 |
5 |
9 |
26 |
0 |
23 |
3 |
9 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
11 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
176 |
| Opp |
phi
|
@ tb
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@ nyg
|
was
|
nyj
|
bye
|
@ mia
|
car
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@ no
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@ dal
|
ne
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@ jac
|
tb
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@ car
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@ sf
|
det
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@ buf
|
no
|
|
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Kyle Pitts 2022 Outlook
Pitts certainly showed why he was the fourth overall pick during his first NFL season. Despite spending his rookie year in one of the league's least productive offenses, he wound up with 68 catches for 1,026 yards on the year. He is only the second rookie tight end in league history to pick up 1,000 receiving yards, which he called a foundation for the years to come. "I feel like it was an OK start. I feel like there is a lot more to work on and achieve. I think [this is] just the first step," Pitts said shortly after the season ended. Of course, one spot where Pitts could make more of an impact is in the red zone. He only caught one touchdown as a rookie, but those efforts would be helped by wholesale improvement on an offense that only averaged 18.4 points per game. Indeed, as Fansided.com's Nick Halden suggested, with Pitts' size and ability to go over the top of defenders drawing up red-zone plays for the athletic youngster shouldn't be difficult. Arthur Smith's red-zone offense should have Pitts as the featured weapon this season. Incoming rookie Drake London aside, new QB Marcus Mariota has few other options and none as naturally gifted as Pitts. Assuming positive touchdown regression (granted it's a low bar, but it all but guarantees some improvement), Pitts is well-positioned to return solid value on investment.
Kyle Pitts 2021 Outlook
Foregoing a potential franchise quarterback of the future, the Falcons used the fourth-pick overall in the 2021 NFL Draft on Pitts, who became the highest-picked tight end in draft history. As NFL.com noted, Pitts is the definition of a matchup nightmare, boasting game-altering, 4.4 speed in the 40, a longer wingspan -- 83-3/8 inches -- than any wide receiver or tight end in the NFL and ball skills that make him a huge asset in today's NFL, a game in which new-age tight ends such as Travis Kelce and George Kittle have flourished. In an eight-game junior season, Pitts piled up 43 catches for 770 yards and a whopping 12 touchdowns, finding the end zone on nearly 28 percent of his catches. The reigning John Mackey Award winner and the first tight end to be a Fred Biletnikoff Award finalist for the nation's top receiver, Pitts can line up inline, out wide, in the slot and basically wherever incoming Falcons head coach Arthur Smith wants him. Bottom line? Pitts is a different kind of talent who projects to be a difference maker for the Falcons. We'll see how long it takes him to become that for fantasy managers, but gambling on the upside is understandable.
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