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Here we are from NFL Network Insider, Ian Rappaport, tweeting that the Niners and star tight end, George Kittle,

have agreed to a new contract extension, making him the highest paid tight end in the league,

because that's what happens with these things.

The extension is for four years worth more than $78 million.

So at this point, that feels like Brock Purdy will be the next shoe to drop.

But Kyle, what do you think of Kittles' new deal? Well, obviously, I'm happy for him. I like where the Niners are going. But I just think right now, as we're still in the week after the draft, we have to sit here and really put it through the lens of the NFL draft. I want everyone to remember that George Kittle, who's now 31, who just signed a

massive extension and will one day retire as an all-time great 49er, was a fifth round

pick in the 2017 draft. George Kittle was the ninth tight end selected. There was no conversation

about him. The draft that year for the Niners was all

about Ruben Foster and Solomon Thomas. And then they grabbed this guy as an afterthought in the

fifth round. No one cared. No one was terribly interested out of Niners fans. And this is how it works now.

We're about nine years later and he is a household name. He is a star. He is a massive contract. Guys, I even went back and looked. I looked at the Bleacher Report review of this draft, and they gave the Kittle pick a B-plus. He's raw. He's not the best route runner, but his combination of speed, blah, blah, blah. I just want to you understand that the fact that George Kittle is now where he is from where he started, it would be like in this year's draft, pick 163 Mitchell Evans, tight end from Notre Dame, nine years from now, is a massive star who's in Marvel commercials and has huge deals. Like, you don't think about these types of guys after the draft. You didn't think about Kittle after his draft. It was all like, wow, the Bears really drafted Trubisky and the Chiefs moved from Patrick Mahomes from Texas Tech. What? And then here we are. And the Niners have Kittle. I know Kittle a little bit personally is one of my favorite athletes I've ever met.

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