Kyle Pitts

Pitts secured all four targets for 28 yards in the Falcons' 15-9 win over the Raiders on Monday night.

Pitts continues to split snaps with Charlie Woerner and Ross Dwelley due to the latter two's blocking abilities, which has influenced Pitts' snap and route participation rates during the second half of the season. Kirk Cousins and an extremely positive game environment did the athletic tight end no favors, which combined to limit the Falcons to just 17 pass attempts. 2024 will go down as a massive bust for the once-promising tight end prospect.

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Charlie Woerner caught a ball before Pitts and ended up tying him in receptions. Pitts now has one-or-zero grabs in four of his past five appearances. The six targets were an increase on what Pitts has seen of late, but they were of low quality. One was a sailed Kirk Cousins interception. Another was a failed end zone connection. Yet another was a Pitts drop. Just awful, awful stuff from all involved. Cousins is now on weekly benching watch, but especially with bye weeks finally over, Pitts is struggling to even remain in the top 20 at tight end heading into Week 15 against the Raiders.

Cousins' 344 yards were his second most of the season, but he's now "up to" eight interceptions and zero touchdowns over his past four starts. Today's giveaways weren't as embarrassing as they were in Week 13, but they were not "run of the mill" interceptions. The first was a double-clutch to nowhere, while the second was a down-field Kyle Pitts target that simply sailed. Cousins was trying to go down the field more after looking completely done last weekend, but he seems to have no idea where the ball is going if he actually has to put anything on it. This is, frankly, getting closer and closer to benchable territory, but the Falcons seem loath to order the Michael Penix code red. The Raiders are a much better Week 15 matchup than Minnesota, but Cousins struggles to even crack the top 20 in fantasy anymore.