The Falcons have locked in Kyle Pitts on a new three-year deal, while the Saints are already hearing plenty of buzz around first-round pick Jordyn Tyson and the fit he brings for Tyler Shough. In San Francisco, Ji’Ayir Brown is heading into a contract year with his next move tied to how he performs.
For Atlanta, Pitts’ contract replaces the franchise tag and comes in at $53 million over three years. According to Over The Cap, the deal includes $36 million fully guaranteed, built around a $16.785 million signing bonus and fully guaranteed salaries of $1.215 million and $1.260 million in 2026 and 2027.
The structure also gives Pitts plenty of room to cash in later. He has a 2027 option bonus worth $16.49 million and a 2028 option bonus worth $13.16 million.
On top of that, he can pick up another $1 million roster bonus on the third day of the 2028 league year, plus as much as $1 million more in per-game active roster bonuses that season. There’s also a 2028 salary escalator that could add another $1 million tied to performance and honor achievements.
Out in New Orleans, Tyson is being brought in as another weapon for second-year quarterback Tyler Shough, and Shough is already talking like he sees something special. On the Green Light podcast, he said, “I mean his brother’s an NBA player for the Cavs, Jaylen,” Shough said, via the Green Light podcast.
“He’s kind of just like an elite hooper. Like he’s just going to go; he’s going to hoop regardless.
Like he’s going to go jump out the gym on somebody. He’s going to get open in the most crazy way, but he’s also kind of got this grittiness to him that I feel like not a lot of people give him credit for.”
Shough also pointed to Tyson’s injury history and said he can relate to that part of the story. “I had some connections at Arizona State who said great things about him and his journey.
He had been injured quite a few times. You know, we’ve both broken collarbones.
He’s had a knee, you know; he was battling kind of a hammy there at the end of the year. And that was kind of the story of me coming out of the draft was I had some injuries in the past, and I was like, man, screw this.
I’m just going to go out there and be myself. And I feel like that’s the best part about him.
Getting to know him is that he’s just one of one person, and you know, obviously kind of getting to work with him in camp as we kind of continue to go forward is going to be even more exciting.”
In San Francisco, Brown is entering the final season of his rookie deal, and ESPN’s Nick Wagoner noted that the 49ers don’t seem eager to rush into more extensions after getting Trent Williams’ deal completed. Wagoner added that if Brown turns in a strong season, he’d put himself in position for a new contract.
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