While we were all fretting over the state of the wide receiver depth chart for the Atlanta Falcons, the tight end position flew under the radar. The reality is that after Lee Smith retired and Hayden Hurst went to the Bengals, the Falcons didn’t have any proven options behind Kyle Pitts, and any options to be the team’s top traditional tight end when Pitts is utilized as a receiver. That was going to need to be fixed at some point between now and the summer.
The Falcons made that fix today with a smart signing that doubles as an obvious one.