Those Denver Broncos followers hoping that Aqib Talib’s latest prediction will come true might be arrange for disappointment. A few weeks after taking credit score for predicting the Jaylen Waddle trade, Talib claimed that the Broncos are going to make one other “big” transfer and that it might be throughout the NFL draft.
However, giving up a primary and third-round draft choose for Waddle has taken a chunk out of the Broncos’ 2026 struggle chest. They nonetheless have seven picks, although, together with the No. 62 total choose.
Still, the prospect of the Broncos making one other huge commerce to “get over the hump” might make sense, however as all the time, the satan can be in the particulars.
Enter Atlanta Falcons tight finish Kyle Pitts, whom ESPN‘s Adam Schefter lately reported could be available for trade on draft day. Pitt’s look on Schefter’s record of tradable gamers presents a window of alternative for the Broncos, however it might include a heaping dose of complexity.
Pitts has been franchise-tagged by the Falcons, which ensures him a contract of $15 million this 12 months. That’s a pleasant increase for a participant who’s produce only one 1,000-yard receiving season (his rookie 12 months).
Pitts was trending towards hitting free company in 2026, however his 88 receptions for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns got here in the nick of time, which led to the Falcons’ choice to tag him. Any potential commerce suitor would see Pitts’s 2025 manufacturing as a transparent signal that there is loads of gasoline left in his tank.
Great Player… But How Would He Fit?
Pitts’s uncooked expertise and athletic capability might make him a match with any crew. However, the Broncos have the same participant already in Evan Engram, who failed to meet expectations in his first 12 months with the membership.
It wasn’t all on Engram, both. Whatever the preliminary imaginative and prescient was with Engram, head coach Sean Payton wasn’t ready to notice it, as the veteran completed with only one landing on 50 receptions for 461 yards.
Adding a playmaker like Pitts, although, might be engaging for a Broncos offense that may now characteristic Davis Webb as its play-caller in 2026, not Payton. At the very least, it might give Denver a dynamic tight finish duo able to gashing opponents.
The downside is, neither Pitts nor Engram can block. That would restrict the methods during which Denver might successfully make the most of the pair.
The Cost
To shut a deal for Pitts, the Broncos would have to get with new Falcons GM Ian Cunningham to decide what it might value to purchase the gifted tight finish. The Falcons will surely anticipate some premium draft capital in such a deal, however maybe that ask might be mitigated by together with a Broncos veteran in the cut price.
Cunningham has already stated he’d choose up the telephone.
“It’s my job as the general manager to do what’s best for the organization,” Cunningham said earlier this offseason via Falcons On SI. “Kyle is a great player. We’ve seen his skill set. Also, it’s my job to listen.”
The Broncos have a number of gamers on expiring contracts who’re anticipated to garner trade interest during the draft, particularly cornerbacks Riley Moss and Ja’Quan McMillian. If Paton and Cunningham had been to chat to focus on Pitts, it would not be a shock if one in all these defensive backs turned a part of the dialog.
Beyond the capital/personnel relinquished to Atlanta, the Broncos would even have to match Pitts’s $15 million wage beneath the cap, and/or prolong him to a profitable multi-year deal. That might be finished for a participant in whom a crew has a clearly outlined imaginative and prescient… however Denver already has huge cash tied up at tight finish — an funding that has heretofore not supplied a lot of a return.
The Takeaway
Is Pitts the ultimate lacking piece to the Broncos’ offense changing into a juggernaut? Many followers and analysts could have their doubts, particularly contemplating how underutilized Engram was in the offense final 12 months.
Talib’s prediction apart, the Broncos are extra doubtless to maintain the draft picks they’ve remaining to them, and search for methods to add to the roster, understanding that they’ve already taken main steps to improve the offense by buying Waddle final month.
Cooler heads should prevail at Broncos HQ.
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