Even with a new coaching staff, the Falcons are struggling to get their best offensive players going ahead of "Thursday Night Football."

Three years later and there’s no way of sugar coating it: Kyle Pitts is a bust. The excuses for his lack of production have run out, it’s become impossible to justify his lack of production, and now Pitts finds himself as an odd man out in an NFL which has changed drastically in the time since he was drafted.

Knight is right about Pitts being super unique and not an elite blocker. It’d make a lot of sense for Robinson, a young coach who is forming his own version of a McVay offense, to lean on wide receivers right now while trying to gel with Cousins and the team’s offensive personnel.

When asked about Pitts’ absence from the stat sheet after Sunday’s 26-24 win over the Saints, Falcons head coach Raheem Morris wasn’t concerned in the slightest. “Really, for me, man, stats are for losers,” said Morris. “I don’t get involved in that stuff. You go out there and try to win each game, and we were able to win it today.”

Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts was held without a catch for the first time in his NFL career in Sunday's win over the New Orleans Saints.

While the Falcons were on the winning side of the equation in this divisional matchup, a noticeable absentee on the stat sheet was tight end Kyle Pitts. Despite three targets in Week 4, Pitts was held without a catch for the game,

The 23-year-old Pitts generated considerable-offseason buzz from teammates and coaches, who saw a healthy, happy and explosive version of the former University of Florida standout