Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season was all Dez Bryant needed to see to know that Kyle Pitts needed a new home. The former Cowboys wide receiver made a plea on X, formerly known as Twitter, for his old team to swing a deal for the Falcons tight end, and did so with a simple picture and one sentence.
“Get Kyle Pitts to Dallas please!!!” Bryant wrote online. “This is unacceptable!!! He deserves better.”
Bryant posted a picture of Pitts wide open calling for the ball during his team’s 24–10 win over the Panthers on Sunday. The play ended with an incompletion and it appeared quarterback Desmond Ridder never saw his 6’6” tight end. It’s likely a bit too early to be sewing seeds of doubt in Atlanta, but Pitts has certainly fallen short of expectations since being drafted — it may not be entirely his fault, though.
Get @kylepitts__ to Dallas please!!!
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) September 13, 2023
This is unacceptable!!!
He deserves better ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/0AS2ON7Xcy
Pitts, 22, was selected with the No. 4 pick in the 2021 NFL draft out of Florida and was considered by many to be the most talented player on the board at the time. His freakish size and speed saw him end the 2020 season as a member of the Gators with 43 catches for 770 yards and 12 touchdown catches, but he hasn’t sniffed that same success in the NFL, specifically from a touchdown perspective.
Over the first 28 games of his career, he has caught 98 passes for 1,426 yards and just three touchdown passes on an offense that favors the run over the pass. It’s far too early to call it a failure in Atlanta, but Bryant is looking to get Dak Prescott and company a new weapon. Whether Pitts would entertain a change of scenery or Atlanta would even allow it is a whole other story.
