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Pitts ran a route on just 43 percent of Michael Penix's dropbacks. He earned an acceptable 17 percent target share, but did so with an average target depth of 2.7. His aDOT has fallen in every game this year and he has run fewer than half of the routes twice. Before 2026, Pitts had only logged a route rate below 50 percent once in his career. It has already happened twice this year. He can't be viewed as a TE1 until the role improves drastically.
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Pitts' route rate and aDOT decline signal a concerning role shift despite $54M contract.

Pitts ran a route on just 43 percent of Michael Penix's dropbacks in Week 4, earning a 17 percent target share but with an average target depth of 2.7 yards. His aDOT has fallen in every game this year and he has run fewer than half of the routes twice—a career rarity before 2026 when he had only logged a route rate below 50 percent once. He cannot be viewed as a TE1 until the role improves drastically.

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