Guy is an excuse factory.
He should be fined if he says anything about getting comfortable in 2024.
It's past his first few games, just block n catch the (keyshawn) ball already
What’s the excuse? Recovering from a major injury?
Sounds more like fact to me.
What's factual then?
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I’ve gathered that you’re not a fan of his from your multiple posts throughout the year criticizing him and defending ol’ Arty.
At this point, you can either stick by those convictions and keep burying your head in the sand or just accept that he hasn’t forgotten how to play football since posting a 1K season at 20 years old.
So ya got nothing factual and posted this weak response saying I have my head in the sand due to Smith...I understand
I say this with respect: you are probably the most in-tune with what’s gone on with the Titans of anyone on this forum. I read you post something a while back about how you weren’t originally a Titans fan but were asked to report on them and you’ve followed them closely ever since. I’ve read your insights on the likes of Malik Willis (and you were one of the few who hadn’t written him off yet this past preseason) and Jonnu Smith (makes a whole lot of sense that he’s productive again after a year reunited with his former offensive coordinator). I respect what you have to say regarding Titans players and coaches a lot.
That having been said, I think what comes off here is a bias toward Arthur Smith because of the success he had running the Titans offense. Thus being critical of Kyle Pitts because of the perception that he can’t hack it in that same offense, and the implication that Pitts should shoulder most of the blame for his lack of production rather than the quarterbacks who can’t throw a forward pass with any consistency. Brushing off Pitts’ slow recovery as excuse making is ignoring a significant piece of the puzzle as to why a guy who had over 1,000 yards receiving as a rookie hasn’t been able to replicate that since then. It’s certainly very possible that Pitts is just lazy and unmotivated. But I see how he produced in 2021 and have to believe there’s more to it than just that.
Either way we’re going to get some clarity in 2024 with Pitts at 100%, with new coaching running the offense, and presumably a new quarterback.
Thank you
People here
Pitts hasn't reached his elite potential because:
every QB stinks- even though Marcus had Delanie and Ridder had Whyle in college and Jonnu n Pruitt n others did fine with him.
His second year struggles are because he was injured.
His third year struggles are because he was injured.
A PCL MCl surgery seems to have become an excuse before AND many months after despite being cleared and no visible signs.
I can roll with whatever normal stuff we do with injuries- since when do we accept(word?) lesser stats before an injury? "Oh maybe he was hurt and didn't know it because when he jogged off the field it was more serious than he thought" is garbage and yet that's a common thought.
Example-
Random player runs for 1000, tears his ACL, runs for 800 the next year, says knee bugged him n adjustment...fine. What do we commonly accept for FF? 6 months? 9 months? So we say year two was down year due to injury, he'll be better year three. Right? Who says anything about that 1000 yard year?
We all say rookies take time to get comfy. We may say during a sophomore slump a QB needs to get comfy. Who says it about year three or after year three- hoping to get more comfortable in year four?
I didn't even bring up Arthur. JoeJoe did because he doesn't know what a fact is.
Generally Arthur complaints are about usage. Generally it's whining Jonnu or Pruitt or Hesse(22) or Firkser(22) got passes instead of Pitts.
Pitts had 90 targets which is good n high amount for a TE. How does Jonnu or Pruitt or...since when are we collectively unhappy with 90 targets for our FF TE?
Kittle had 90 targets with 12 more catches and 353 more yards.
Where are the people complaining of Kittle's OC or wanting his backups not to catch passes? 90 is a good number for FF.
Kmet had 91 targets caught 20 more of them for 52 more yards.
Kincaid 91 targets with 20 more catches
He was 11th ranked TE where I'm looking and I know that will vary in scoring. Guy was a prodigy that was supposed to be top 3, nevermind top 5 or top 10.
When we have the 11th ranked TE we consistently wonder if we should bench him. When we have a top TE we don't ever think of it. This is what we do and have done for decades. If Pitts fans don't like it, well ...that's how it is in FF.
. But to your point did have a couple soft tissue injuries that lingered in years 1-2. I think we often see young guys take a little while to figure out how to avoid those and get more consistent later in their career, and some guys never figure it out. Other things like your knee going sideways in a game are just an occupational hazard that can't be completely avoided in football.
