{"id":97311,"date":"2025-06-02T04:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/97311\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T04:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:57:10","slug":"evaluating-why-giants-shouldnt-trade-for-kyle-pitts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/97311\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating Why Giants Shouldn’t Trade for Kyle Pitts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evaluating Why Giants Shouldn’t Trade for Kyle Pitts<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The New York Giants<\/a> will enter the 2025 season with one of the league\u2019s weakest tight end rooms. That isn\u2019t necessarily an indictment of second-year tight end Theo Johnson\u2019s potential or Chris Manhertz\u2019s effectiveness as a blocker. But with little proven talent in the passing game, it is among the team\u2019s biggest questions.<\/p>\n

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That lends itself to speculation when high-profile targets become available at that position. Recently, the rumor mill has revolved around Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts.<\/p>\n

As he enters a contract year, now three seasons removed from his lone 1,000-yard season, a change of scenery feels necessary. Some feel that New York is primed to provide that pivot.<\/p>\n

The Giants<\/a> shouldn\u2019t trade for the 2021 first-round tight end, though, despite the weakness on the depth chart.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre the Giants in a position to pay for immediate help? They may be short on salary cap space, but Pitts’ appeal, at age 24, is that he could also stick around for the long term,\u201d Cody Benjamin wrote for CBS Sports<\/a>. \u201cHead coach Brian Daboll would surely be OK pairing the big man with Malik Nabers, giving Russell Wilson an added safety valve for an offense sorely lacking secondary playmakers over the last few years. Assuming this link-up would extend beyond 2025, Pitts’ arrival would also bode well for Jaxson Dart, the presumptive quarterback of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cap implications aside, New York isn\u2019t a fit for Pitts. For one, Pitts is among 14 tight ends set to make over $10 million in 2025. There\u2019s a decent argument that he\u2019s worse than all of them, along with a few more on rookie deals. If the Giants believe Johnson is taking any type of significant leap in the coming months, then they inherently believe he\u2019ll be better than Pitts, anyway.<\/p>\n

In Daboll\u2019s offense, Pitts profiles as a rotational player, too. Pitts is a receiver in a tight end\u2019s frame, often playing in the slot and rarely blocking successfully. He\u2019s supposed to be able to stretch the field, sure, but is he doing that at the expense of receiver Wan\u2019Dale Robinson in the slot?<\/p>\n

The best version of Pitts isn\u2019t as a safety valve. It\u2019s as a downfield threat operating as a receiver. That makes it awfully hard to coexist with Johnson, who the regime clearly likes, and it would take away from the versatility that Johnson\u2019s blocking flashes allow New York to tap into.<\/p>\n

Between injuries and inconsistencies, Pitts has descended into disappointment. There\u2019s a world in which he blossoms for another team, but neither the Giants<\/a>\u2019 scheme nor timeline suggests that jump will come in East Rutherford.<\/p>\n

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Related: Giants Lag Behind in NFC East Tight End Rankings<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Giants Schedule Reveals Potential Dart Debuts<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evaluating Why Giants Shouldn’t Trade for Kyle Pitts originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Giants will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[254,5046,7,519,13,6153,4126,1917,56,2321,2469,6,572,5048],"class_list":{"0":"post-97311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-atlanta-falcons","9":"tag-chris-manhertz","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-giants","12":"tag-jaxson-dart","13":"tag-kyle-pitts","14":"tag-malik-nabers","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-giants","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkgiants","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-russell-wilson","21":"tag-theo-johnson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114612000921892262","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97311","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=97311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}