FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – When he was younger, Kyle Pitts envisioned himself as a football player. Quarterback, receiver, running back, safety ... every year he would create himself in the Madden video game, put himself in different places and often end up in the same place: the Pro Bowl.
As he grew up, he had less time for Madden because he was working on his real-life football dream, one that got him to the NFL, to the Atlanta Falcons as a tight end and now to the place he ended up virtually so often back then.