Kyle Pitts is putting his fellow NFL players on blast after the late Rondale Moore’s celebration of life.
“Crazy how only about 6 maybe 7 of your teammates in the NFL showed up for you today smfh,” Pitts posted via his Instagram story on Friday, March 6, along with a picture of the program from the funeral. “All that talk and fake emotion and nobody want to show up to lay you to rest.. Just at a loss of words.”
The Atlanta Falcons tight end — who briefly played alongside Moore for the Falcons in 2024 — went on to acknowledge the hypocrisy he noticed from NFL players who post messages online but don’t show up to honor their fellow player in person.
“Be woke on who your ‘Brothers’ really are, who really rock with you in all areas of life not just in front of cameras or the public!” Pitts said in the post. “Folks just want to throw up a post and now mean it but we ball yb as [sic] Kur said, ‘it might hurt a little’ but we Ball.”
Moore died by suicide on Saturday, February 21, according to New Albany police chief Todd Bailey. He was 25.
His untimely death led to an outpouring of support from current and former NFL players alike, including Pitts.
“Bruh why …..,” Pitts posted at the time. “We just talked this morning dawg.”
Other teammates, including Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray and wide receiver Hollywood Brown, also took to social media to support Moore.
“Just spoke to you bro. Blessed to have been able to share this life with you,” Murray posted on his Instagram story. “I pray you’re in a better place now Ra…”
“Bro ain’t no way brotha you just messaged me few hours ago 😢,” said Brown in a post on X. “You wasn’t alone bro.. I told you I know how you feel.”
Over 100 of Moore’s friends and loved ones gathered for a memorial on Sunday, March 1, in his hometown of New Albany, Indiana. The ceremony came less than a week before his funeral on Friday. It’s unclear if any of Moore’s NFL teammates attended the March 1 service.
“I haven’t shed all my tears. I don’t think there’s enough in this world to shed,” Moore’s aunt, Marleach Shirley, said at the ceremony, per WLKY–Louisville. “I want everybody to remember him as a great person and that he loved everybody. He was very humble. And he never forgot where he came from.”
Before his death, Moore was in the process of working his way back onto the field after suffering a season-ending injury during a Minnesota Vikings preseason game in August 2025 — his second consecutive missed season due to injury.
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