George Kittle relieved to get 49ers deal done, ready to get back on the field

49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco

NBC Sports Bay Area

Nfl, Football, Matt Maiocco, San Francisco 49ers, Sports

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The 49ers' offseason shifted dramatically this past week, from drafting for the future to taking care of one of the present cornerstones of the organization, tight end George Kittle. On this episode of "49ers Talk," host Jennifer Lee Chan sits down with Kittle to discuss the relief he's feeling about getting this contract done ahead of important offseason training as well as any advice he could give to fellow captain quarterback Brock Purdy as he navigates his first big contact extension himself. Later, Matt Maiocco and Jennifer discuss the importance of getting Kittle's contract done ahead of San Francisco's offseason program and how that might impact Purdy's negotiations moving forward.

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0:00.0	The 49ers off-season made a dramatic shift from the NFL draft to now taking care of business with some veterans.
0:11.8	General manager John Lynch added a potential backup offensive tackle and brought back a reserve tied in.
0:18.7	Jennifer Lee Chan and I will discuss what was done and what is left to accomplish for the 49ers as phase two of the team's off-season program get going this week.
0:27.6	The big news of last week was 49ers six-time pro-mo player George Kittle coming to terms on a contract extension that vaults him back to the top of the pay list of the NFL tight ends.
0:38.8	Jennifer caught up with Kittle before anybody else to talk about the timing of his new deal
0:43.3	and get his thoughts on what lies ahead for quarterback Brock Purdy.
0:47.4	We'll have all that and much more on this episode of 49ers talk coming at you right now.
0:53.0	Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on nbc sports
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1:27.0	And after all these weeks, Jennifer, about talking the NFL draft,
1:31.5	40-Ns have their draft picks, they have their undrafted rookies who have signed.
1:36.5	Now the rest of the roster is starting to take shape,
1:40.1	and it's just onward with the off-season program.
1:43.7	Yep, it's, I think business as usual. And it feels like there's a little bit more excitement in the year. There's a little bit more energy. And I spoke to George Kittle while he was at a Zenny event at the DeYoung Museum over the weekend. And he said, it's all, everybody there. The energy is different. It's, you know, excitement.
2:02.5	Almost everybody from the team is there.
2:03.8	I didn't ask him who wasn't there.
2:07.1	But he said almost everybody is, has reported.
2:09.5	They're excited and ready to go.
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