When Kyle Pitts was a rookie in 2021, Matt Ryan was his quarterback. Now, Ryan is his boss.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the Falcons president of football gave the green light to a three-year deal that will keep Pitts in red and black.<\/p>\n
The contract replaces Pitts\u2019s one-year franchise tag, which would have paid $15.045 million. Here are the full details of the new Pitts deal.<\/p>\n
1. Signing bonus: $16.785 million.<\/p>\n
2. 2026 base salary: $1.215 million, fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n
3. 2027 option bonus: $16.49 million, fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n
4. 2027 workout bonus: $250,000, fully guaranteed (but must be earned).<\/p>\n
5. 2027 base salary: $1.26 million, fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n
6. 2028 90-man roster bonus: $1 million.<\/p>\n
7. 2028 option bonus: $13.36 million.<\/p>\n
8. 2028 offseason workout bonus: $250,000.<\/p>\n
9. 2028 base salary: $1.39 million.<\/p>\n
10. 2028 per-game roster bonus: $1 million total ($58,882 per game).<\/p>\n
11. 2028 escalator: $1 million, with $250,000 for making the Pro Bowl or first- or second-team All-Pro in 2026, the same for 2027, $250,000 for 80 catches or 900 receiving yards in 2026, and the same for 2027.<\/p>\n
Pitts basically traded the franchise tag for a two-year, fully guaranteed deal in the amount of $36 million. If he\u2019d been tagged twice, he would have earned $33.099 million.<\/p>\n
The final year is not guaranteed; it gives the Falcons an option at $17 million, or as much as $18 million.<\/p>\n
The base deal is $53 million over three years, for an average of $17.66 million. It reaches $18 million per year if he hits all four escalator triggers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Kyle Pitts was a rookie in 2021, Matt Ryan was his quarterback. Now, Ryan is his boss.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-736030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}