Question –

If I asked you to put a percentage on the chance that Kyle Pitts falls to the Eagles at #12 overall, what would your answer be?

10 percent? 20 percent? A 25 percent chance that he’s still on the board?

It’s presumably very low, considering the fact that the Philly-born tight end/receiver hybrid has been skyrocketing up most draft boards and is now projected as a top-10 pick and, in some cases, a top-six guy.

That’s why it’s kind of goofy to see ESPN’s Mike Tannenbaum mocking Pitts to the Eagles at 12:

12. Philadelphia Eagles (via MIA/SF)

Kyle Pitts, TE, Florida

Eagles fans would be doing backflips in celebration if Pitts fell to No. 12. Pitts and Dallas Goedert are a dream pairing at tight end, but offensive coordinator Shane Steichen would be able to move Pitts around the offense too. And as for quarterback, if Jalen Hurts doesn’t work out, the Eagles have at least two and likely three first-rounders in 2022. (The potential third is based on how much Carson Wentz plays for the Colts this season.)

One thing to know: Pitts lined up outside of the inline TE position on more than one-third of his snaps in 2020.

Well he’s not wrong. We would, indeed, be doing “backflips in celebration” if Howie Roseman was able to trade back from six to 12, pick up an extra first rounder, and then get Pitts anyway. That would be considered one of the best moves of his entire GM career, assuming Pitts goes on to become the Pro Bowler we think he is.

But Tannenbaum may have been smoking some of that sweet cheebah when he wrote this story. Maybe he was rolling down the street, smoking Indo with Snoop D.O. double-G.

There’s just no way Pitts falls to 12. And Tannenbaum’s got the Giants taking outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari at #11 overall, a guy who is projected to go somewhere in the late first round or early second. In this particular mock, Tannenbaum has New York passing on Pitts, Kwity Paye, DeVonta Smith and Rashawn Slater, because he thinks they addressed most of their needs in free agency and is valuing the necessity of a pass rusher who can also drop into coverage.

It just doesn’t seem likely, but hey, stranger things have happened. New York’s selection of Daniel Jones came out of left field. Howie has done some dumb shit in the past. Tannenbaum is thinking outside the box here and presenting some different ideas, and if he’s accurate, then we will apologize and share some bong hits with him.