{"id":860092,"date":"2026-04-08T02:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860092\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:40:23","slug":"kevin-stefanski-gets-huge-offseason-falcons-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860092\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Stefanski gets huge offseason Falcons win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL offseason is a time when the futures of players become the center of attention, and for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/atlanta-falcons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> tight end Kyle Pitts, this was true.<\/p>\n<p>With the franchise placing the tag on Pitts, some thought he wouldn&#8217;t sign it as he wanted a long-term deal, and as such, could hold out of the offseason program.<\/p>\n<p>But in what is a huge win for new head coach Kevin Stefanski, Pitts has signed his tender, per NFL Network, and even reported to the facility to begin voluntary offseason workouts.<\/p>\n<p>That is a huge win for Stefanski and the Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\/news\/eagles-mock-draft-selection-poses-huge-aj-brown-question\/4709557192566cb848e9d370\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eagles&#8217; mock draft selection poses huge A.J. Brown question<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Long-term deal coming for Pitts?<\/p>\n<p>Well, that will be the plan for the Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>The tag is a mere placeholder until the two sides can come to terms on a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>Set to earn roughly $15 million in 2026 if the two sides can agree to a new deal before the July 15 deadline, Pitts is taken care of either way.<\/p>\n<p>But having Pitts signed to a long-term deal would be great for the Falcons and would be a big tick of approval for Stefanski.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, it is a small step in the right direction, and we know things can go south in a hurry, but right now, there are good vibes coming out of the NFC South franchise with Stefanski securing a big win of the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL offseason is a time when the futures of players become the center of attention, and for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,224,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-860092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-falcons","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116366779194125821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}