{"id":932728,"date":"2026-06-30T09:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/932728\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:12:20","slug":"atlanta-falcons-officially-sign-kyle-pitts-to-3-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/932728\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Falcons officially sign Kyle Pitts to 3-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated June 29, 2026, 3:56 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a data-autotag=\"55e278ca-caf0-429b-8b4a-caeb78bff5ff\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> officially signed tight end Kyle Pitts a new three-year contract worth up to $54 million, the team announced on Monday afternoon. The deal, which includes $36 million in guaranteed money, will keep Pitts in Atlanta for the next three seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Falcons initially signed Pitts to the franchise tag, but his new contract gives the team more clarity going forward. Pitts will average $18 million per season, which makes him the third-highest paid tight end in the NFL. Only San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle and Trey McBride of the <a data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> will make more per season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Since being selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, Pitts has recorded 284 catches, 3,579 yards and 15 touchdowns. After a 1,000-yard rookie campaign, Pitts struggled to duplicate that production over his next few seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">However, the 25-year-old bounced back in 2025 with an 88-catch, 928-yard season, including a career-high five touchdown receptions. Celebrate Pitts&#8217; new contract by watching every one of his 15 touchdown receptions, as shared by the team&#8217;s social media account below.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated June 29, 2026, 3:56 p.m. ET The Atlanta Falcons officially signed tight end Kyle Pitts a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":932729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[95878,223,254,2554,224,7,6,119355,96607,96608,95882,95890,96609,95946,97216,97156,95896,95888,95895,95906,96177,95883,96061,95881],"class_list":["post-932728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-falcons","tag-accessfree","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlantafalcons","tag-falcons","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sourcefalcons-wire","tag-sstssportsnflfalcons","tag-sstsnfalcons","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagarizona-cardinals","tag-tagatlanta-falcons","tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","tag-tagcgr-sports","tag-taggeorge-kittle","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtrey-mcbride","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116838291479505164","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932728","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=932728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}