Agreed. I hope Pitts is fully recovered to be able to play receiver though because he is bad at TE.

I’m so split on Kirk Cousins - I think he’s a severely underrated and over criticized QB, but he’s also OLD now and coming off a significant injury.

I’m not a 100% defender of Smith, he’s done plenty of head scratching things but also plenty of good things. But be real, it was still AS as HC scheming and play calling when KP had over 1k yards in his rookie yr.

The KP problem is he’s a very bad tight end. He ruins play execution when he’s inline blocking or running TE routes designed to attack defenses in a way that makes it easier to execute plays.

Hes a big receiver and best used out wide or in slot like the majority of his rookie yr.

He looks like he’s lost a step since the injury which makes it hard to beat corners now so Smith may have been forced to use him more inline to match up with linebackers instead. Also, Drake takes a lot of the receiver routes Pitts is (or was) good at.

We’re also working with some of the worst QBs in the league.

I’m not a 100% defender of Smith, he’s done plenty of head scratching things but also plenty of good things. But be real, it was still AS as HC scheming and play calling when KP had over 1k yards in his rookie yr.

The KP problem is he’s a very bad tight end. He ruins play execution when he’s inline blocking or running TE routes designed to attack defenses in a way that makes it easier to execute plays.

Hes a big receiver and best used out wide or in slot like the majority of his rookie yr.

He looks like he’s lost a step since the injury which makes it hard to beat corners now so Smith may have been forced to use him more inline to match up with linebackers instead. Also, Drake takes a lot of the receiver routes Pitts is (or was) good at.

We’re also working with some of the worst QBs in the league.

They marketed him as a unicorn (can play multiple spots great) but he’s actually a tweener (jack of all trades, but great at none).

Best used as a receiver in slot and out wide - watch rookie highlights. He is very bad inline and that ruins ability to execute plays off of TE blocks, TE rub routes, and other TE routes designed to threaten the defense. He just hasn’t shown he can do those.

Arthur Smith needs to give up the charade of trying to make Pitts a TE. Pitts has failed as a tight end. He’s not a unicorn, he’s an overwized receiver. And now he may not be fully healthy - I think either the injury was more serious than advertised or the surgery/ healing was not 100% successful. He doesn’t seem to have the same stride as pre injury and maybe that’s why Arthur Smith has played him less on receiver routes.

Also, the 2021 old man version of Matt Ryan was leaps and bounds better than Mariota, Ridder, and Heinicke. Put Pitts at WR like he basically was in rookie yr and hope he’s healthy enough to play it.