{"id":212465,"date":"2025-01-25T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T15:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=212465"},"modified":"2025-01-25T10:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T15:03:21","slug":"colts-should-consider-a-kyle-pitts-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/01\/25\/colts-should-consider-a-kyle-pitts-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts Should Consider Trading for Former First-Round Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could the Indianapolis Colts pull off a Kyle Pitts trade? Recently, ESPN\u2019s Ben Solak predicted<\/a> the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> will trade for the tight end this offseason. That would be a great trade for the Bengals as Pitts would provide Joe Burrow with another offensive weapon.<\/p>\n

But a Kyle Pitts trade could also be an ideal move for the Colts. As every Colts fan knows, the team is in desperate need of a playmaking tight end. This season, Indianapolis had five tight ends on the roster: Kylen Granson<\/a>, Mo Alie-Cox, Drew Ogletree, Will Mallory<\/a>, and Jelani Woods (who missed the year due to injury).<\/p>\n

While the Colts have a handful of tight ends, none of them have emerged as an impact player. Woods has the potential to be a good player, but he has struggled to stay healthy.<\/p>\n

Pitts would be an upgrade over all five players. It wouldn\u2019t hurt for the Colts to try and trade for the former first-round pick.<\/p>\n

The Indianapolis Colts Should Consider Making a Kyle Pitts Trade<\/h2>\n

His Career Thus Far<\/h3>\n

Kyle Pitts played three seasons with the Florida Gators. During his final year, he caught 43 passes for 770 yards and 12 touchdowns. He was also a unanimous All-American and won the John Mackey Award.<\/sup><\/p>\n

The Atlanta Falcons<\/a> selected Pitts fourth overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. He became the highest-drafted tight end in NFL history. Gaining 1,026 yards on 68 receptions, he was named to the Pro Bowl as a rookie.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

Pitts hasn\u2019t made the Pro Bowl since then. Yet, he has still put together a decent, but not spectacular career in Atlanta. This past season, he caught 47 passes for 602 yards and four touchdowns. He was instrumental in the Falcons\u2019 Week 8 win<\/a> over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, recording 91 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Why the Colts Should Trade for Him<\/h3>\n

The Colts own the 14th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Perhaps Penn State tight end Tyler Warren would be the perfect selection<\/a> for the team. However, he could be gone before pick No. 14.<\/p>\n

Instead of drafting a tight end, the Colts could go the trade route and land Pitts. Solak predicted the Bengals would send a Day 3 pick to Atlanta in a Pitts deal. A fourth-seventh-rounder wouldn\u2019t be too much to give up for the Colts.<\/p>\n

Again, Pitts would certainly be an upgrade over Indy\u2019s current tight ends. He could team with Michael Pittman Jr.<\/a>, Josh Downs, and Alec Pierce to give quarterback Anthony Richardson<\/a> a solid pass-catching corps to throw to.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the Richardson-Pitts connection, they were teammates at the University of Florida for a season. That was Richardson\u2019s freshman season and Pitts\u2019 last year at the school. Pitts never caught a pass from Richardson, but knowing they were teammates could help them build chemistry.<\/p>\n

Richardson has struggled mightily as a passer. The former fourth-overall pick completed 47.7 percent of his passes<\/a> this season. Yeah, that\u2019s not good at all. Richardson, though, has time to improve. A tight end like Pitts in the short passing game could help Richardson\u2019s accuracy issues.<\/p>\n

A Kyle Pitts trade isn\u2019t imperative for the Colts. But they should consider such a move this offseason.<\/p>\n

Main Photo: Geoff Burke – USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In desperate need of a playmaking tight end, the Indianapolis Colts should trade for Kyle Pitts this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4890,"featured_media":212760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,54],"tags":[9564,7800,7312],"class_list":["post-212465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colts","category-editorials","tag-anthony-richardson","tag-indianapolis-colts-news","tag-kyle-pitts"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212761,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212465\/revisions\/212761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}