{"id":96514,"date":"2025-06-01T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/96514\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T20:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:47:10","slug":"assessing-patriots-kyle-pitts-fit-after-recent-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/96514\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing Patriots-Kyle Pitts Fit After Recent Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/04\/why-patriots-offense-can-finally-boast-true-weapons-with-new-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">have offensive skill upgrades<\/a> this season with Stefon Diggs and TreVeyon Henderson among others.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean New England will stop the search for more weapons for sophomore quarterback Drake Maye. The NFC South could be the next place to look. <\/p>\n<p>Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/the-timeline-of-events-that-saw-kyle-pitts-go-from-top-5-pick-to-underutilized-asset-to-trade-bait\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">popped up in trade rumors<\/a> this week, which NESN\u2019s George Balekji and Travis Thomas broke down on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5UxEtKOKOaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cFoxboro Rush\u201d<\/a> podcast. The talent is there, but how does he fit with the Patriots.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Maye has familiarity with tight ends Hunter Henry and Austin Hooper, who resigned with New England this offseason. Pitts probably has a higher ceiling than those two options, though the familiarity with Maye and production floor make that move for Pitts, unless the Patriots plan on moving him around the field as a more versatile pass-catcher, less likely. <\/p>\n<p>The Florida product put together an exceptional rookie season with over 1,000 receiving yards and a Pro Bowl selections. Since then, his touchdown total increased by one per season and his catches and yards have dropped from his rookie standard. Pitts has just 10 touchdowns in his four seasons with the Falcons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Now, does that say more about Pitts\u2019 production or more about the Falcons\u2019 inability to properly weaponize him in the offense? That\u2019s the biggest question to answer for teams like the Patriots should they consider a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Pitts is a free agent after 2025 with $10.9 million due this season. New England still has plenty of cap space, but the Patriots would need to consider the tight end\u2019s future fit in a young offense built on Maye\u2019s ability to grow into a premier passer in the sport. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots have offensive skill upgrades this season with Stefon Diggs and TreVeyon Henderson among others.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,6308,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-96514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nesn-select","10":"tag-new-england","11":"tag-new-england-patriots","12":"tag-newengland","13":"tag-newenglandpatriots","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114610074163364654","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96514","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=96514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}