 What's up everyone and welcome to the second ever episode of Falcons in Focus the first with Falcons in Focus as the actual name Right, we finally come up with one and our guest. You know who this is. It's Kyle Pitts He's a really good tight end who plays in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons. I don't know if you've ever heard of that So welcome And it's just crazy when Tori and I were kind of writing some things down. We were thinking about oh, that's Tori Mackliny Introduce myself and we were thinking about that you're barely old enough to drink already been to a Pro Bowl and starting year To we're like so the first question is this entering your second year. How are you wiser and more mature and more worldly? Entering your second season. Uh, worldly. That's I like that one I would say because I hang around older people who are already wise Wiser than me So it kind of helps me being like, you know younger always my dad always had me hanging around like the older kids playing in like a older Like was it like yeah? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so I always played like a year up or something like that So I always getting banged around and but it was you know We worked in the end but I always kind of learned charity early at an early age Kind of it was funny because we were talking to Arthur not too long ago And he Arthur Smith for those that aren't on a first name basis with him I'm also not on a first name basis. I don't know why I'm calling him Arthur But he was talking and he was like I forget that like Kyle and Drake are so young He was like you look at them and they're so tall and so big But they're just so young and he was like a lot of times I make references and I don't think they understand them And I'm not gonna lie when I'm in press conferences with him I I do give him the pity laugh or I'm like, haha. Yeah, I got it Are there any references that he's made where you're just like dude, I have no earthly idea what you're talking about Definitely the war stories Because I wasn't you know brought up on much like military So it's like something like Sun Tzu That was a big one. He's he you know, he used the reference and I was like It's it's controversial to me But you know, it's it's been working The Navy SEALs obviously all the way it is You know, he used references from that so I understand that but some of the other jokes are like You know riddles I'm far Immediately gone Well, well on to your Second favorite sport I assume and that's the game of golf sport of golf that you've Taken up fairly fairly recently I guess just before we get into all of it kind of give us some background about why you picked it up How you picked it up that type of thing Well, I picked it up during Like when I was training for the combine. So that was I was out in california And you were trained six and six seven sitting about an hour and then you had to date yourself Or you'll do like, you know, your body stuff, but you mainly had to date yourself So then me and my trainer we would just go to the range and I was out there It was bad But it was like For every nine that you miss that 10th when you hit You're like, okay, I can do this and then you miss the next nine Uh Not and then it's just Uh competing then I start like friendly friendly betting like you want me to push up say who can hit it farther And we both couldn't hit it far Yeah, I got strong that day, but um Then I was like, okay, I I think I can take this a little serious and then and I came to Atlanta um, I got a set And then started hitting them a little bit but not really during the season then Jump jumped into it in january after the season with some with some lessons And then it kind of took off and now there's a kyle pits charity golf tournament and you're playing with so Tell me I guess Being able to to do that And I don't know if you've ever played with a Famous person outside of your sport Have you gotten to meet any cool people and doing this charity golf tournament? Like what has that meant to kind of help out other people and play this game that you're so into I'll say I kind of had a kind of conservative this year just to make sure everybody has as much fun as they could So I had like I didn't even have Over 10 foursums. So I had like 10 foursums and then I just you know, everybody got prizes and things like that next year I'm gonna have uh chris tucker come All right, I'm I'm trying to put together some people But uh, yeah, no, it was a good time. Everybody had a good time Like I said, everybody got prizes and you know at the end. It was a bunch of laughing You know, you know, I had to win For sure. I mean we well we watched You so our video team put together a very very fun very awesome video with you and your dad Y'all went and played nine holes of golf at chateau a lawn And I actually don't my question is not really about golf at all. It's about the first minute of that That whole episode I need to know If y'all haven't watched it There's this segment where kyle is like really freaked out about the birds That are on the golf course And I need to know is it like as someone who also has a weird thing with birds. I don't like birds Um, is it all birds that you're freaked out by or is it just those specific birds on like what the fifth hole? I think is I'm I'm I'm about an inch from a phobia. Yeah, it's real close. Like geese Okay, I'm glad you said geese. There was when I was six years old When I was holding a fry I was out of picnic with my grandparents The goose came from over my right shoulder and just went I thought I was it took a funnel cake of mine when I was on the boardwalk funnel cake I let it no, that was a seagull. Sorry Yeah seagulls get me. I don't even know what those birds are called on that course. They're skinny looking I was there. They frightened me. They're like a mixture of turkey And duck right if you see the face if you see the face Yeah, I tried to look at it. I still haven't found yet. No and they think you know, they're so like What's the word? You're so domesticated. Yeah, when you stop your cart They think you're giving them bread. It's like not man And they they they almost do a little nice little waddle And they are afraid of nothing nothing. You show them away and they go an inch Or if you got to throw something or you know to get him away, but me I'm I'm walking. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, I don't do well with those birds Not we're team. No birds here. Yeah team. No birds For you now something that I've recently Saw on your Instagram that I think is really awesome. You've been doing a lot of photo shoots with Some photographers and you actually recently did I think it was you were recreating alan iverson's S. I cover everybody know what that was. I thought I was just trying to be a little freaky No, I was trying to miss a recreation. Yeah, so someone texts me and they're like, is he gonna be on the bachelor? That was like I'm like, no, I don't I don't think so. I was like, I think it's pretty I think it's alan iverson He's not gonna give out all of those roses And so I my question to you is like is that something that you are passionate about like photography? Or is that something that you fell into? Not at all. Really? I actually like the whole time we were shooting I just Be feeling like I look cock-eyed sometimes because like you're looking at camera and you don't really know what you're looking at So it's like what my eyes look like But I mean I don't mind taking pictures That's a fun time. Yeah, was alan iverson someone who you kind of looked up to when you were younger Or because you know, I feel like in philly. He was probably kind of like same level as what michael vick was here I had his shoes and all I couldn't play a lick worth of basketball But I love his I'm serious I Mean I was obviously physical enough to make it to about eighth grade and then when everybody started to get tall That's where I capped off and then it just was too much and I just lost interest for I don't really like that Yeah But uh, yeah, so you did have his shoes and stuff that's cool. That's cool. I I always like hearing about Athletes that have other athletes that they follow that aren't in their sport Do you have other people that you're particularly interested in that maybe even play right now? LeBron. Oh for sure. LeBron. For sure. That's that's probably the only human outside of like LeBron and maybe like Maxwell that I would like finish like Like starstruck if you know no other like Real stars kind of they like we all Yeah, yeah In some of those photos you can obviously that they can obviously see that you have a lot of Artwork done, right? Um, I guess kind of what inspired you to start that and do you have like a favorite or something that like really means something to you I would say I started getting tattoos my soft End of my freshman something so soft one year Okay, so I you know got to my freshman year and I got my first one and I was like looking on instagram I was like, I'm a little old enough. I'm not I mean so cool. Yes. I got I got my little weekly coa check um And I just was looking for ideas in the first my first one actually is my favorite one It's like it's a time glass with a football in and then Proverbs three five with my birthday to top and it's just like You know your time is your time and you know trust trusting him. That's that's what proverbs three five is and then the time glass is just You know your time is your time and then the football behind it. Obviously, you know football You got to take your time and run your race run your race. Don't worry about anybody else's success You know yours will come when it does but you know worry about yourself. Are they like reminders? At times Yeah, definitely my my foreign ones like all the ones that I can see I I do look at them a lot actually because I almost forget I have tattoos It's like well, it's other people look at them sometimes you don't look at yourself. Definitely. Oh, I forgot I had this For you, I was actually going when we were prepping for this interview We were actually going back and reading some other stuff and our friend Chris rim Who now works for the new york times chris if you're watching this one up, bro? He wrote a story about you like right when you first got here and One it has one of the best quotes and I'm gonna read it. It's one of the best quotes I feel like I laugh at every time but you were talking about Your life and how it's a you said I kind of live an uninteresting life I like to chill listen to jazz kick my feet up Is that like for real for real who you are like 100 pretty just chill just throwing play golf now Just add the caveat. Yeah, but relaxing and like just I like to just sit down Like you just sit down and like listen to some good music and just relax. Yeah It's just you know get a get away from everybody. Y'all we like a lot of people in my house. Yeah Yeah, I just sit on the porch. I'm gonna sit by the pool and relax. I'm good for the day. I'm good I don't always want to be around a bunch of people. I don't always want to. I hate the beach actually You don't like the beach. I don't like the beach. I don't like the sand in my toes The sand in my toes always get me because I wear flip flops on it and they just yeah I'm comfy. Yeah. Well, it was funny because we were talk Chris was talking about like you listen to gospel music jazz music and scott was like That's maybe a little unusual for a guy at 21 and I was like, hey man, whatever you got to do You got to do. Do you still listen to that type of music a little bit? Yeah I got some jazz blues all of that That's what on like a tuesday If like if it's warm and stuff and I can sit by the pool or sit on sit on like the patio I just you know turn on the speakers and just Relax like that's the only day we got off, you know during the week before we got to reset for the new week But mainly just relax and just listen to it. The saxophone really is what mellows me. Oh, I love a sax So good. It just puts you in a whole different like mindset Yeah, it makes you really want to think you can play some instruments Uh-huh, and then you go try it. I can't read music to say no, you know dean peas can really Yeah, he like uh, that was something that I talked to him about not too long ago He was talking about how he reads music creates music and he actually wrote music like for his daughter's wedding Oh, wow, and I'm like that's intense I wish I could do that. Did you fail the recorder test? The the one where you got a little plastic? Yeah, I got we did belts like the karaoke or no karaoke the Karate belts and I only got to like What it was like yellow, which is like one above white. I did horrible. I couldn't play anything How did you do? Not good. No, I even tried to like finesse it didn't work Like If you can't read you can't read no, it's it's impossible, but the question is can you sing though? Oh, you can you say can I say? Absolutely not It's not a good situation for anyone involved because you all got to sing those rookie Oh in front of the group songs some say you didn't go like fight song or anything, right? Some say I could you know put a bird to sleep Wow, wow soft soft and sweet slow mellow Like the like the gospel in the jazz music. That's just mellow. Yeah Oh my goodness gracious. I can hardly even contain myself here. Okay. I know we're wrapping up here Yes, Lee Smith is one of my favorite humans on this planet. So I can't get away with it's true I've known him forever. I used to cover him when he was in Oakland So I've known him for a long time. So I have to ask you about one of my favorite people Lee Smith You guys don't seem like you would automatically be best friends He's an older dude with a giant beard and kids And then he always kind of talked about you as in you got to meet his family I I think and I guess I know it's you know I think as you put it once you old head and young guy, you know, but it's like he said dinosaur dinosaur Yeah, dinosaur dinosaur But why'd you guys click in that way? I mean he he said that you're allowed to babysit his kids Yeah, I I I don't remember that part But um, just like I probably just told Scott and I that idea. Yeah, that was new No, uh, Lee just like I said earlier. Um, just hanging around older guys like he's been in the league for a long time He's seen a lot from the ups and the downs to went into losing to off the field to how do you maneuver? Just things like that ice always just pick his brain like how do you sustain? Like how do you keep a level head for these many years and you know still perform to high level because he was 12 years older than me running around just like I was maybe, you know, not the longer ones, but Yeah, but like like the intermediate ones he he could run, you know, he could run them and it's like How are you this old running like that? So it's like now I have to mentally Be better like how can I you know beat you mentally and he was just telling me He just told me a lot of gyms or you know how to win and ice, you know, Lee and Hayden great old heads Yeah, we're we really love all of our conversations that we ever had with Lee We I mean respect the heck out of him. Awesome. Okay last portion. Yes. We're gonna wrap up here. Super quick Yes, everybody gets the same questions. Yes. It's a game that we play at the end of every single episode. Okay, and Are you ready? I'm ready. You ready? Okay Favorite play as a falcon My own touchdown That's not on us soil. Did you know that? Yeah, the one that's in london not the pro bowl one. Oh, yeah Wait, hold on before do you count the pro bowl touchdown in like your first touchdown on Like us soil in the league jokingly jokingly sure, but seriously. Okay. Just making sure The last movie that you saw Django Fave restaurant ever favorite restaurant That's hard. I know. No, it's it totally stumped Grady too and then Grady listed like a hundred Yeah, when we were talking to Grady, he just went through like seven different Atlanta restaurants I'ma just go in mastros. Okay out with oh, okay I can dig that. Yeah The falcon you spend the most time with I think we know this one. What are you thinking? We thought it was Felipe. I was just about to say Felipe frank and jaylin and jaylin mayfield and finally what is your pet peeve? There's a lot of them I hate when people ask me like No When you're a pet peeve of mine now and did I feel like I've just you know It's grown on me is while I'm eating at a restaurant someone like walks up and they just stand there Oh, and don't say anything. They just like want to ask you a question, right? But don't and then just walk away As someone who I feel like I just like radiate awkward energy at least say something I'ma take that back. Oh Somebody sneak a picture and keep walking like does like like this. Yeah, like they walk I caught one dude. I'm like Boy, you funny That's how I just seen it. He laughed All right. Well, we're gonna end it on this everybody taking quick awkward right here in the podcast All right. Thank you Kyle so much for joining us. Thank you great review subscribe all that fun stuff Falcons of focus talk to you next week. Bye everybody