TE Kyle Pitts, ATL (2 Viewers)

[Hu-Tang Clan]

Next week he goes 2/14.

 

[Desert_Power]

Have him in my one hatchling to make it to Round 2 of DK's Best Ball thingy. Should be helpful

 

[kyoun1e]

I think it's hilarious that Bowles is slamming his players per the front page ESPN article this morning.

All the guy had to do was stop one pass catcher. One. Pathetic defensive strategy for a guy who is supposed to be Mr. Defense.

 

[Zow]

He’s not going to suddenly turn into a stud IMO. If after 5 years he needs all these pieces to come together to become a stud, it isn’t happening. But I’ll still probably pick him up with Ertz on bye next week lol.

Last night SUPER STUD, LOL

I know nobody cares, but I have had Pitts every which way in soooo many leagues. Man, it sucked for him to just go off against me in my biggest, high dollar league where I was ~30 point favorite but am now an underdog. The only league this year I have him is a keeper league where I have a bye this week.

Cruel game sometimes.

 

[mjb03003]

He’s not going to suddenly turn into a stud IMO. If after 5 years he needs all these pieces to come together to become a stud, it isn’t happening. But I’ll still probably pick him up with Ertz on bye next week lol.

Last night SUPER STUD, LOL

I know nobody cares, but I have had Pitts every which way in soooo many leagues. Man, it sucked for him to just go off against me in my biggest, high dollar league where I was ~30 point favorite but am now an underdog. The only league this year I have him is a keeper league where I have a bye this week.

Cruel game sometimes.

Similar feeling here. I have him in a bunch of leagues, but he's not accruing points for me in any matchups this week. On bye in several, barely missed the playoffs in one, and facing him in 2 leagues where I was a heavy favorite.

 

[steelwind]

I snuck into the playoffs at 7-7 after starting 1-4 only to face the Pitts owner this week.
Just absolutely crushed any hopes I had.

 

[Buckna]

As I mentioned in the game thread, originally thought Atlanta would let him walk as they've never utilized him to his strengths it seems since his rookie year and he has had too many issues with consistency, drops, blocking, etc. But how do you let him walk after that game? Of course there's probably a lot of teams that are salivating at adding him and willing to throw a lot of money his way

Cardinals next week are a tasty matchup too if London sits again!

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

50.6 is his final score for me to start the week. It's a good start.

45+ in one league, 62 in my TEP.

Just an awesome start to the FF playoffs.

This reminded me of the Derrick Henry breakout game on TNF in week 1 of the fantasy playoffs, after a few years of people waiting for him and him feeling like a bust.

I remember that! IIRC he was started in like 15% of Yahoo lineups that week. I remember thinking that must have been the most wasted points in the history of fantasy football.

Looks like Pitts was started in 50% last night (and scored slightly less than Henry), so not on the same scale. Also, credit where it's due: Fantasy TE guru Andrew Cooper posted before the game last night that Pitts would smash, and said he would start him over Tyler Warren

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I snuck into the playoffs at 7-7 after starting 1-4 only to face the Pitts owner this week.
Just absolutely crushed any hopes I had.

Right, other historical parallel is Kamara scoring 6 TDs on Christmas Day 2020, basically ensuring a lot of people locked up their championships well in advance of Sunday's games
(I was one of them)

 

[Footballdaz]

I snuck into the playoffs at 7-7 after starting 1-4 only to face the Pitts owner this week.
Just absolutely crushed any hopes I had.

Not necessarily. All ya need is 1 player to go off and your back in it.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Next week he goes 2/14.

Doubtful. Cousins loves to feed the TE.

 

[Footballdaz]

50.6 is his final score for me to start the week. It's a good start.

45+ in one league, 62 in my TEP.

Just an awesome start to the FF playoffs.

This reminded me of the Derrick Henry breakout game on TNF in week 1 of the fantasy playoffs, after a few years of people waiting for him and him feeling like a bust.

I remember that! IIRC he was started in like 15% of Yahoo lineups that week. I remember thinking that must have been the most wasted points in the history of fantasy football.

Looks like Pitts was started in 50% last night (and scored slightly less than Henry), so not on the same scale. Also, credit where it's due: Fantasy TE guru Andrew Cooper posted before the game last night that Pitts would smash, and said he would start him over Tyler Warren

Who wouldn't with a 7th round rookie QB and 44 yr old that hasn't played in 5 years.
I would of started Pitts without thinking Abt it over Warren.

 

[zamboni]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

50.6 is his final score for me to start the week. It's a good start.

45+ in one league, 62 in my TEP.

Just an awesome start to the FF playoffs.

This reminded me of the Derrick Henry breakout game on TNF in week 1 of the fantasy playoffs, after a few years of people waiting for him and him feeling like a bust.

I remember that! IIRC he was started in like 15% of Yahoo lineups that week. I remember thinking that must have been the most wasted points in the history of fantasy football.

Looks like Pitts was started in 50% last night (and scored slightly less than Henry), so not on the same scale. Also, credit where it's due: Fantasy TE guru Andrew Cooper posted before the game last night that Pitts would smash, and said he would start him over Tyler Warren

Who wouldn't with a 7th round rookie QB and 44 yr old that hasn't played in 5 years.
I would of started Pitts without thinking Abt it over Warren.

Pitts has had 2 straight games of 15+ in standard scoring and 23 then 25 in TEP.

Who’s benching him for anyone? I award that dude zero points for boldness.

 

[Lansdowne]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

 

[zamboni]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

Yes, talking dynasty as I thought the conversation was about next year.

 

[Chaka]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

Yes, talking dynasty as I thought the conversation was about next year.

Don't forget LaPorta.

 

[travdogg]

2 things can be true.

1. Pitts is having a breakout due to being the featured target.
2. This game was as much or more about Tampa Bay than Pitts. TEs and RBs that catch cook them because they suck at covering the middle, and their LBs can't tackle.

Its entirely possible Pitts is here to stay as a top-5 TE (as long as London is out) but its also completely possible he puts up like 5-50 next week. This was a perfect runout for Pitts (and Bijan for that matter)

 

[Lansdowne]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

Yes, talking dynasty as I thought the conversation was about next year.

I’d push Kittle down in the dynasty conversation. My dynasty preference would be Bowers, McBride, Warren, Kraft, Loveland, Fannin as a clear top 6, and then some combination of LaPorta, Kittle, Kincaid, Pitts, Gadsden duking it out in the next group. It would take Pitts playing out of his mind the rest of this season, and then landing in a spot like KC or the Rams, for him to be considered ahead of the latter group.

 

[zamboni]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

Yes, talking dynasty as I thought the conversation was about next year.

I’d push Kittle down in the dynasty conversation. My dynasty preference would be Bowers, McBride, Warren, Kraft, Loveland, Fannin as a clear top 6, and then some combination of LaPorta, Kittle, Kincaid, Pitts, Gadsden duking it out in the next group. It would take Pitts playing out of his mind the rest of this season, and then landing in a spot like KC or the Rams, for him to be considered ahead of the latter group.

Good call there. We have to be careful about overvaluing Pitts with London out all these weeks. Landing spot and offensive scheme will be key for his future value.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

Yes, talking dynasty as I thought the conversation was about next year.

Don't forget LaPorta.

The lions seemed to for much of the year until he got hurt.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

Yes, talking dynasty as I thought the conversation was about next year.

I’d push Kittle down in the dynasty conversation. My dynasty preference would be Bowers, McBride, Warren, Kraft, Loveland, Fannin as a clear top 6, and then some combination of LaPorta, Kittle, Kincaid, Pitts, Gadsden duking it out in the next group. It would take Pitts playing out of his mind the rest of this season, and then landing in a spot like KC or the Rams, for him to be considered ahead of the latter group.

Good call there. We have to be careful about overvaluing Pitts with London out all these weeks. Landing spot and offensive scheme will be key for his future value.

I mean, I have him in 2 of my dynasty leagues - drafted as a rookie in a 12 team PPR SF at 1.10 (non-TEP) and traded a 2nd for him this last offseason in a 16 team TEP.

I don’t mind holding on to him in both, but if someone wants to make me a stupid good offer for him in either he’s totally available. It’s all profit from here.

 

[ffmail4me]

Of course I go against this bum in 2 playoff games this weekend

 

[Terpman22]

Got Pitts in 3 of 6 dynasties.

Made the playoffs in 3 of those leagues.

Pitts teams did not make the playoffs on my teams.

Cool.

 

[mjb03003]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

Yes, talking dynasty as I thought the conversation was about next year.

I’d push Kittle down in the dynasty conversation. My dynasty preference would be Bowers, McBride, Warren, Kraft, Loveland, Fannin as a clear top 6, and then some combination of LaPorta, Kittle, Kincaid, Pitts, Gadsden duking it out in the next group. It would take Pitts playing out of his mind the rest of this season, and then landing in a spot like KC or the Rams, for him to be considered ahead of the latter group.

Good call there. We have to be careful about overvaluing Pitts with London out all these weeks. Landing spot and offensive scheme will be key for his future value.

He won't do this over any large sample size, but the track record of performance when he actually gets targets is pretty strong. Last night's eruption should make it impossible for any coaching staff to be employed long if they don't find a way to get him 100+ targets per season moving forward.

 

[zamboni]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

Yes, talking dynasty as I thought the conversation was about next year.

I’d push Kittle down in the dynasty conversation. My dynasty preference would be Bowers, McBride, Warren, Kraft, Loveland, Fannin as a clear top 6, and then some combination of LaPorta, Kittle, Kincaid, Pitts, Gadsden duking it out in the next group. It would take Pitts playing out of his mind the rest of this season, and then landing in a spot like KC or the Rams, for him to be considered ahead of the latter group.

Good call there. We have to be careful about overvaluing Pitts with London out all these weeks. Landing spot and offensive scheme will be key for his future value.

He won't do this over any large sample size, but the track record of performance when he actually gets targets is pretty strong. Last night's eruption should make it impossible for any coaching staff to be employed long if they don't find a way to get him 100+ targets per season moving forward.

Seems like they’ve tried for several years but targets need to be earned - at least consistently, not just a few games here and there.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Got Pitts in 3 of 6 dynasties.

Made the playoffs in 3 of those leagues.

Pitts teams did not make the playoffs on my teams.

Cool.

What’re the odds?!

 

[Golden Gopher]

People talk about this guy as though he's Jermichael Finley 2.0. He's 25YO and on pace to blow away his best season so far (which isn't much, I know) as well as this year's projections. Snap count rate is drastically better than it was last year or prior, and has even increased roughly 15% over the course of this season (from 75-80 to low/mid 90's consistently). So, not only is he on pace for 100/1100/6 on 130 targets, he's just now hitting his stride and ATL is trusting him to be on the field more and more. He has had some dud weeks this year, for sure. But, compared to the other guys in the 7-12 range (Henry, Goedert, Fannin, Johnson, etc.), he's no worse than they are in that regard. They've all had bad weeks. But, the long-term trajectory for Pitts is positive, unlike some of the others in that range.

He may never repeat last night. In fact, I'd bet money he won't. But, in a dynasty league, he's in the top half-dozen guys I'd want if I were starting right now. If others don't agree, I'm actually perfectly fine with that.

 

[Terpman22]

Got Pitts in 3 of 6 dynasties.

Made the playoffs in 3 of those leagues.

Pitts teams did not make the playoffs on my teams.

Cool.

What’re the odds?!

LOL it gets a little worse.

Of those 3 teams that did not make the playoffs

League 1 - started him but the commish failed to set up consolation bowl (Winner gets first pick in FA Draft)
League 2 - started him but my team is SO BAD that even with just Pitts being the only starter of the 2 teams in the matchup that went last night, MFL has me at a 32% chance to win. That is with Kyle's 45+ PPR points.
League 3 - started Fannin over him in the consolation bowl

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

League 3 - started Fannin over him in the consolation bowl

This one might not be disastrous. Hey, look at me with the glass half full over here!

 

[BassNBrew]

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[Hot Sauce Guy]

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62 points in a playoff game. The football was squarely planted. Lucy 100% atoned for years, nay; decades of skulduggery.

 

[mjb03003]

He's going to be soooooo over drafted, again, next year.

Perhaps. Right now I see McBride, Bowers, Warren, Kittle and Kraft as the top 5 guys. Who should go ahead of Pitts after that? Maybe Fannin? Not sure who else. That’s also considering we don’t know what his landing spot will be this offseason. What if KC brings him in to replace Kelce?

I’d throw Loveland in there too.

Loveland’s an interesting one, definitely high up in dynasty, but I’m not ready to put him up there in redraft yet until we have more clarity on the target distribution. If the Bears move on from Moore this offseason and don’t bring anyone to replace him as a starter then Loveland’s arrow points up. In the meantime I have him lumped in the same group with LaPorta and Kincaid, and I’d have Pitts either in that group or just above it depending on where he ends up. If he stays in Atlanta, bottom of that group.

Yes, talking dynasty as I thought the conversation was about next year.

I’d push Kittle down in the dynasty conversation. My dynasty preference would be Bowers, McBride, Warren, Kraft, Loveland, Fannin as a clear top 6, and then some combination of LaPorta, Kittle, Kincaid, Pitts, Gadsden duking it out in the next group. It would take Pitts playing out of his mind the rest of this season, and then landing in a spot like KC or the Rams, for him to be considered ahead of the latter group.

Good call there. We have to be careful about overvaluing Pitts with London out all these weeks. Landing spot and offensive scheme will be key for his future value.

He won't do this over any large sample size, but the track record of performance when he actually gets targets is pretty strong. Last night's eruption should make it impossible for any coaching staff to be employed long if they don't find a way to get him 100+ targets per season moving forward.

Seems like they’ve tried for several years but targets need to be earned - at least consistently, not just a few games here and there.

I'm not going to sit here and tell you I understand all the nuances that go into coaching an offense, and determining playing time and who the first/second/third reads should be on passing plays. I will say that Pitts track record of production when he is both on the field and receiving targets is very good. It's not as if the Falcons have made him a full-time player and fed him targets and he's struggled to catch the ball or move the chains.

 

[Lehigh98]

Next week he goes 2/14.

Doubtful. Cousins loves to feed the TE.

Cousins was his QB last year and in their 14 games together, Pitts had 9 games of 3 catches or less.

 

[Desert_Power]

People talk about this guy as though he's Jermichael Finley 2.0. He's 25YO and on pace to blow away his best season so far (which isn't much, I know) as well as this year's projections. Snap count rate is drastically better than it was last year or prior, and has even increased roughly 15% over the course of this season (from 75-80 to low/mid 90's consistently). So, not only is he on pace for 100/1100/6 on 130 targets, he's just now hitting his stride and ATL is trusting him to be on the field more and more. He has had some dud weeks this year, for sure. But, compared to the other guys in the 7-12 range (Henry, Goedert, Fannin, Johnson, etc.), he's no worse than they are in that regard. They've all had bad weeks. But, the long-term trajectory for Pitts is positive, unlike some of the others in that range.

He may never repeat last night. In fact, I'd bet money he won't. But, in a dynasty league, he's in the top half-dozen guys I'd want if I were starting right now. If others don't agree, I'm actually perfectly fine with that.

I think a lot of folks have just been burned by him being drafted too highly in the past.

 

[Golden Gopher]

Next week he goes 2/14.

Doubtful. Cousins loves to feed the TE.

Cousins was his QB last year and in their 14 games together, Pitts had 9 games of 3 catches or less.

A couple things to keep in mind. One, Pitts is playing 90+ percent snaps right now. As in the last six weeks or so, after starting this season in the 75-80 range. Last year, he ended the season with five out of six weeks after their bye with less than 50% snaps. So, he's on the field about twice as much now as he was last year at this time.

On the flipside, I do think he benefitted greatly last night from having no London, who can be a target beast at times. Pitts filled that role last night and was clearly Cousins' first option a bunch.

I think the increased playing time is more of a positive than London coming back is a negative (London's potential return could also draw more attention AWAY from Pitts, in theory), but I think it's fair to say that both can be true. Don't expect a repeat of last night any time soon (or ever), but the overall long-term trajectory of Pitts is a positive one. He's on the field more than ever before, the ATL offense as a whole looks really solid, and he's doing more with the targets/snaps that he's getting.

Putting that last comment to the test....

2024 - 707 snaps on the season.... He had 6.6 receptions, 85 yards, and 10.5 targets per 100 snaps.
2025 - 787 snaps so far.... 9.3 receptions, 101 yards, and 12.3 targets per 100 snaps.

So, his snaps are up significantly, and he's doing 15-20% more with those snaps, in terms of yards and targets. In terms of actual catches, it's more like 40%.

 

[Lehigh98]

Next week he goes 2/14.

Doubtful. Cousins loves to feed the TE.

Cousins was his QB last year and in their 14 games together, Pitts had 9 games of 3 catches or less.

A couple things to keep in mind. One, Pitts is playing 90+ percent snaps right now. As in the last six weeks or so, after starting this season in the 75-80 range. Last year, he ended the season with five out of six weeks after their bye with less than 50% snaps. So, he's on the field about twice as much now as he was last year at this time.

On the flipside, I do think he benefitted greatly last night from having no London, who can be a target beast at times. Pitts filled that role last night and was clearly Cousins' first option a bunch.

I think the increased playing time is more of a positive than London coming back is a negative (London's potential return could also draw more attention AWAY from Pitts, in theory), but I think it's fair to say that both can be true. Don't expect a repeat of last night any time soon (or ever), but the overall long-term trajectory of Pitts is a positive one. He's on the field more than ever before, the ATL offense as a whole looks really solid, and he's doing more with the targets/snaps that he's getting.

Putting that last comment to the test....

2024 - 707 snaps on the season.... He had 6.6 receptions, 85 yards, and 10.5 targets per 100 snaps.
2025 - 787 snaps so far.... 9.3 receptions, 101 yards, and 12.3 targets per 100 snaps.

So, his snaps are up significantly, and he's doing 15-20% more with those snaps, in terms of yards and targets. In terms of actual catches, it's more like 40%.

Ah, the siren song of Kyle Pitts claims another victim. Good luck to you all.

 

[Golden Gopher]

People talk about this guy as though he's Jermichael Finley 2.0. He's 25YO and on pace to blow away his best season so far (which isn't much, I know) as well as this year's projections. Snap count rate is drastically better than it was last year or prior, and has even increased roughly 15% over the course of this season (from 75-80 to low/mid 90's consistently). So, not only is he on pace for 100/1100/6 on 130 targets, he's just now hitting his stride and ATL is trusting him to be on the field more and more. He has had some dud weeks this year, for sure. But, compared to the other guys in the 7-12 range (Henry, Goedert, Fannin, Johnson, etc.), he's no worse than they are in that regard. They've all had bad weeks. But, the long-term trajectory for Pitts is positive, unlike some of the others in that range.

He may never repeat last night. In fact, I'd bet money he won't. But, in a dynasty league, he's in the top half-dozen guys I'd want if I were starting right now. If others don't agree, I'm actually perfectly fine with that.

I think a lot of folks have just been burned by him being drafted too highly in the past.

That's a good point. I guess I'm not arguing that he hasn't been a disappointment so far, but rather that the future looks bright for a guy who's just 25YO and hasn't peaked yet (or might be now).

But, yeah, that makes sense. I have him in one dynasty league (wish I had more), and not sure I have him in any redraft leagues this year. Maybe a best ball draft or two? And, to be honest, that might partially be because I'm subconsciously jaded and just avoided him this year (after being burned in the past when he didn't quite live up to expectations).

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Cousins was his QB last year and in their 14 games together, Pitts had 9 games of 3 catches or less.

That was last year.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

People talk about this guy as though he's Jermichael Finley 2.0. He's 25YO and on pace to blow away his best season so far (which isn't much, I know) as well as this year's projections. Snap count rate is drastically better than it was last year or prior, and has even increased roughly 15% over the course of this season (from 75-80 to low/mid 90's consistently). So, not only is he on pace for 100/1100/6 on 130 targets, he's just now hitting his stride and ATL is trusting him to be on the field more and more. He has had some dud weeks this year, for sure. But, compared to the other guys in the 7-12 range (Henry, Goedert, Fannin, Johnson, etc.), he's no worse than they are in that regard. They've all had bad weeks. But, the long-term trajectory for Pitts is positive, unlike some of the others in that range.

He may never repeat last night. In fact, I'd bet money he won't. But, in a dynasty league, he's in the top half-dozen guys I'd want if I were starting right now. If others don't agree, I'm actually perfectly fine with that.

I think a lot of folks have just been burned by him being drafted too highly in the past.

This is what comes to mind with every negative post. Very likely those folks all sold low, too.

 

[menobrown]

Got Pitts in 3 of 6 dynasties.

Made the playoffs in 3 of those leagues.

Pitts teams did not make the playoffs on my teams.

Cool.

It was bittersweet for me in dynasty. All FFPC style were it's 4 teams competing for two final 4 spots. I'm in 5 such play-in formats this week and two leagues no one had him, two leagues teams I'm competing against have him, one league I have him. Since it's not direct h2h I think I'll take it on the whole, but hate the twisted rooting interest not enabling me to really fully enjoy his game.

Imagine what people feel like with good teams in the National type contests who did not start him feel? I only had PItts on one team in one national contest I had to set a lineup and it was the FFPC Big Gorilla league and 33 other teams entered the week ahead of me in the standings that had Pitts. 3 of those teams left him on the bench, including a team that entered the contest 8th overall. That's brutal, reminds me of when I left Derrick Henry on my bench in the Thursday night championship week opening game in 2018 when he went nuts on the Jags, still sore over that, these kind of decisions can live with you awhile.

 

[Lansdowne]

People talk about this guy as though he's Jermichael Finley 2.0. He's 25YO and on pace to blow away his best season so far (which isn't much, I know) as well as this year's projections. Snap count rate is drastically better than it was last year or prior, and has even increased roughly 15% over the course of this season (from 75-80 to low/mid 90's consistently). So, not only is he on pace for 100/1100/6 on 130 targets, he's just now hitting his stride and ATL is trusting him to be on the field more and more. He has had some dud weeks this year, for sure. But, compared to the other guys in the 7-12 range (Henry, Goedert, Fannin, Johnson, etc.), he's no worse than they are in that regard. They've all had bad weeks. But, the long-term trajectory for Pitts is positive, unlike some of the others in that range.

He may never repeat last night. In fact, I'd bet money he won't. But, in a dynasty league, he's in the top half-dozen guys I'd want if I were starting right now. If others don't agree, I'm actually perfectly fine with that.

I think a lot of folks have just been burned by him being drafted too highly in the past.

This is what comes to mind with every negative post. Very likely those folks all sold low, too.

Bingo. Meanwhile there’s guys like us who have stuck it out the whole time and got to benefit last night with what ended up being the 5th-best performance by a TE in fantasy football history and the best ever in the world wide web era of fantasy football (1997 onward). Getting all those points at any position is great but getting it at your TE spot, the lowest scoring spot of them all, is a massive matchup advantage and would probably take some serious bad luck to lose the week. It has been a long, rough road as a Pitts manager but his performance may have propelled me into the playoffs in the league I care about most, and that makes it so satisfying. I’m glad I stuck it out.

 

[menobrown]

Just was looking at something and in a TEP format in this one game, his 75h career game, he scored just a little over 6% of his fantasy production for his entire career.

 

[Lehigh98]

People talk about this guy as though he's Jermichael Finley 2.0. He's 25YO and on pace to blow away his best season so far (which isn't much, I know) as well as this year's projections. Snap count rate is drastically better than it was last year or prior, and has even increased roughly 15% over the course of this season (from 75-80 to low/mid 90's consistently). So, not only is he on pace for 100/1100/6 on 130 targets, he's just now hitting his stride and ATL is trusting him to be on the field more and more. He has had some dud weeks this year, for sure. But, compared to the other guys in the 7-12 range (Henry, Goedert, Fannin, Johnson, etc.), he's no worse than they are in that regard. They've all had bad weeks. But, the long-term trajectory for Pitts is positive, unlike some of the others in that range.

He may never repeat last night. In fact, I'd bet money he won't. But, in a dynasty league, he's in the top half-dozen guys I'd want if I were starting right now. If others don't agree, I'm actually perfectly fine with that.

I think a lot of folks have just been burned by him being drafted too highly in the past.

This is what comes to mind with every negative post. Very likely those folks all sold low, too.

Another crashes into the rocks as the siren song continues.
We see these, "you guys are all over(or under?)reacting and I know Kyle Pitts better than you" posts every year.

 

[Lehigh98]

People talk about this guy as though he's Jermichael Finley 2.0. He's 25YO and on pace to blow away his best season so far (which isn't much, I know) as well as this year's projections. Snap count rate is drastically better than it was last year or prior, and has even increased roughly 15% over the course of this season (from 75-80 to low/mid 90's consistently). So, not only is he on pace for 100/1100/6 on 130 targets, he's just now hitting his stride and ATL is trusting him to be on the field more and more. He has had some dud weeks this year, for sure. But, compared to the other guys in the 7-12 range (Henry, Goedert, Fannin, Johnson, etc.), he's no worse than they are in that regard. They've all had bad weeks. But, the long-term trajectory for Pitts is positive, unlike some of the others in that range.

He may never repeat last night. In fact, I'd bet money he won't. But, in a dynasty league, he's in the top half-dozen guys I'd want if I were starting right now. If others don't agree, I'm actually perfectly fine with that.

I think a lot of folks have just been burned by him being drafted too highly in the past.

This is what comes to mind with every negative post. Very likely those folks all sold low, too.

Bingo. Meanwhile there’s guys like us who have stuck it out the whole time and got to benefit last night with what ended up being the 5th-best performance by a TE in fantasy football history and the best ever in the world wide web era of fantasy football (1997 onward). Getting all those points at any position is great but getting it at your TE spot, the lowest scoring spot of them all, is a massive matchup advantage and would probably take some serious bad luck to lose the week. It has been a long, rough road as a Pitts manager but his performance may have propelled me into the playoffs in the league I care about most, and that makes it so satisfying. I’m glad I stuck it out.

Stuck it out through getting mediocre scoring from your TE spot for most of 4 years to get one good game where several people just posted they had him on the bench anyway?

I hope he keeps it up for you, but just saying the victory laps on future long-term value may be a little soon.
I'd be looking to take advantage by packaging for an upgrade (like I did last year).

 

[Lansdowne]

People talk about this guy as though he's Jermichael Finley 2.0. He's 25YO and on pace to blow away his best season so far (which isn't much, I know) as well as this year's projections. Snap count rate is drastically better than it was last year or prior, and has even increased roughly 15% over the course of this season (from 75-80 to low/mid 90's consistently). So, not only is he on pace for 100/1100/6 on 130 targets, he's just now hitting his stride and ATL is trusting him to be on the field more and more. He has had some dud weeks this year, for sure. But, compared to the other guys in the 7-12 range (Henry, Goedert, Fannin, Johnson, etc.), he's no worse than they are in that regard. They've all had bad weeks. But, the long-term trajectory for Pitts is positive, unlike some of the others in that range.

He may never repeat last night. In fact, I'd bet money he won't. But, in a dynasty league, he's in the top half-dozen guys I'd want if I were starting right now. If others don't agree, I'm actually perfectly fine with that.

I think a lot of folks have just been burned by him being drafted too highly in the past.

This is what comes to mind with every negative post. Very likely those folks all sold low, too.

Bingo. Meanwhile there’s guys like us who have stuck it out the whole time and got to benefit last night with what ended up being the 5th-best performance by a TE in fantasy football history and the best ever in the world wide web era of fantasy football (1997 onward). Getting all those points at any position is great but getting it at your TE spot, the lowest scoring spot of them all, is a massive matchup advantage and would probably take some serious bad luck to lose the week. It has been a long, rough road as a Pitts manager but his performance may have propelled me into the playoffs in the league I care about most, and that makes it so satisfying. I’m glad I stuck it out.

Stuck it out through getting mediocre scoring from your TE spot for most of 4 years to get one good game where several people just posted they had him on the bench anyway?

I hope he keeps it up for you, but just saying the victory laps on future long-term value may be a little soon.
I'd be looking to take advantage by packaging for an upgrade (like I did last year).

My man, I’m just happy Pitts is finally doing something positive for my dynasty team. Prior to that the only good was that my team sucked to the point where I kept getting high draft picks and allowed me to land guys like Bijan and Henderson. I’ll worry about next year, next year. In the immediate term, Pitts is a net positive for my fantasy team. Plus I’ve got Terrance Ferguson stashed as my high upside alternative for 2026.

 

[mjb03003]

I think at least some of the optimism for long-term value (wouldn't call them victory laps, personally) stems from the fact that he's got a chance for a change of scenery via FA.

 

[Buckna]

Cousins was his QB last year and in their 14 games together, Pitts had 9 games of 3 catches or less.

That was last year.

And London was healthy. As was Mooney who was a viable fantasy WR last year but is way down across the board this year. If London was healthy I do question if Cousins would even be looking Pitts way nearly as much as he has but London went down at the same time that Penix did then Cousins took over.

 

[Ironman2131]

I'm an idiot and left him on my bench, but at least for the moment, I'm very glad to have traded Andrews for Pitts in a contract league where Pitts is on a max deal (four years).

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Cousins was his QB last year and in their 14 games together, Pitts had 9 games of 3 catches or less.

That was last year.

And London was healthy. As was Mooney who was a viable fantasy WR last year but is way down across the board this year. If London was healthy I do question if Cousins would even be looking Pitts way nearly as much as he has but London went down at the same time that Penix did then Cousins took over.

So you’re just going to leap to the conclusion that it’s a stone cold lock that Pitts still sucks and this was a fluke?

Have fun with that. Seems weird crapping on a guy who just put up 45 in PPR and 62 in TEP.

It’s been years coming - just let us enjoy this. There’ll be time to crap on Pitts after the magic wears off, i promise.

lol