George Kittle signs four-year 49ers contract extension through 2029 NFL season

49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco

NBC Sports Bay Area

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

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On "49ers Talk," co-hosts Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan discuss the news that George Kittle has signed a four-year contract extension to keep the two-time All-Pro tight end in San Francisco through the 2029 NFL season.

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0:00.0	Finally, some good news for the 49ers this off season.
0:10.0	The 49ers added some young players over the weekend in the 2025 NFL draft, and now they
0:15.7	put the finishing touches on a deal designed to keep George Kittle around for a long time. One of the major
0:21.8	dominoes of the offseason has fallen for the 49ers with the contract extension for Kittle.
0:27.5	The 49ers had two major goals for the offseason. One was getting a contract done with
0:32.3	Kittle, the other, of course, Brock Purdy. Kittle is completed and the big one still sits out there.
0:39.7	Jennifer Lee Chan and I will discuss what it all means on this episode of 49ers talk
0:43.6	coming at you right now. Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
0:51.8	Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan. All right, this is 49ers
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1:04.0	technicians at your locally owned Bigotires. See all of this month's specials on Total Auto Services at bigotires.com. Stop in or book an appointment today, online or otherwise, Bigotires, the team you trust. And Jennifer, the big news just happened. George Kittle, signs his extension with the 49ers, four-year deal that keeps him with
1:30.2	the organization through the 2029 season. I bet 49ers fans kind of feel like Kyle Shanahan in the
1:37.0	third day of the draft where he said he could finally feel like he could exhale a little bit.
1:41.3	A little bit of relief that one of the major contracts that needed to get done
1:45.4	during the off season is finally done. George Kittle will be around for a long time. He'll go up on
1:50.9	the 10-year wall. We're hoping all things considered. And this is, you know, this is what they've talked
1:57.4	about for a long time. This is what they've wanted. They've wanted George Kittle be around, and now he will be.
2:02.7	Yeah, and this was something that Kittle talked about late in the season,
2:06.2	wanted to be with the 49ers for his entire career.
2:10.4	John Lynch talked about it when we spoke to him at the NFL scouting combine in February.
2:15.2	He said, we want George to retire a nineer. He's a nineer through and
2:20.0	through. And of course, this doesn't guarantee that he'll retire as a 49er. I mean, the NFL is,
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