Atlanta Falcons: Kyle Pitts “biggest flaw” not a flaw at all

When Atlanta Falcons star tight end, Kyle Pitts, was being evaluated by experts as he went through the draft process, the only knock people could point out was his blocking – turns out that might not be an issue at all.

While at Florida, Kyle Pitts was always willing to do what was asked, even if it was blocking. He was always fierce as a blocker and put great effort into it. The knock was, more so, his physical limitations to block much bigger guys.

Atlanta’s rising star has had some great blocks to start his career off.

To reiterate it, when the Atlanta Falcons took Kyle Pitts the only question in his ability was his ability to block. In week two of the NFL season, he put those questions to rest with a couple nice blocks on the ferocious Buccaneers defense.

Starting with the first one, it came on the first touchdown on the season for the Falcons. Cordarrelle Patterson snagged a toss by Matt Ryan, received a nice seal block by Pitts, then cut upfield, and scored a touchdown.

If you blink you might miss the block, it happens almost right off the snap when he secures a block on Tampa Bay’s defensive linemen, Joe Tryon.

It may not have been the prettiest block of all time, but he knew what he had to do and went out and did it. He was the key to success on the play, without the block Tryon would have probably made the stop on Patterson.

While the first one may not be the most impressive block, the second one is a totally different story.

Later in the game, Kyle Pitts was asked to help block on a passing play and did more than his job on the play.

On a quick side note, absolutely no one will think that Pitts is more valuable as a blocker than a receiver, because he is not at all. Arthur Smith just wanted to give Matt Ryan some more time, so this was the solution.

Kyle Pitts essentially becomes the right tackle on this play, Kaleb McGary does not have to do much because Pitts basically dominates Jason Pierre-Paul.

This is not a linebacker or a defensive back that he is blocking, it is Jason Pierre-Paul – a former double-digit sack pass rusher and a guy who recorded nine and a half sacks last year.

It is mind-boggling that he is able to negate a pass rusher like JPP the way he did. He took him one on one and beat him using power and arm length. It would have been a perfect snap for normal offensive linemen – let alone a tight end.

So for now, until he shows us reason to doubt him, Kyle Pitts has no weaknesses in his game. He has played great to start his career and will be the key piece for the offense going forward.