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Light Years: A Golden State Warriors Pod

TE1: George Kittle (2017-2020)

Light Years: A Golden State Warriors Pod

Blue Wire

News, Sports, Basketball, Sports News

4.4621 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Fresh off an off-season workout, George Kittle joins the podcast to talk about his journey to the league's emerging superstar tight end. George reflects on his family’s athleticism, his father coaching of all his teams and how his size impacted his recruiting out of high school. At Iowa, they talk the stacked tight end room and how his offensive linemen mentality helped him thrive. Finally, the guys remember their head-to-head matchup in George’s first game in the NFL and how he'll chance to change the way the positioned is valued for years to come. TE1 is presented by Chevy Silverado. This episode is also brought to you by Bud Light Seltzer. For more great podcasts check out BlueWirePods.com NOTE: This episode was recorded before Kittle signed his extension with the 49ers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:25.0

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0:30.7

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0:38.2

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0:40.8

And as always, celebrate.

0:50.7

All right, light years listeners, we got a special treat this week.

0:54.0

If you don't listen to him already, Greg Ol we got a special treat this week.

1:00.0

If you don't listen to him already, Greg Olson has a TE1 podcast on the Blue Wire Network.

1:06.0

This week we're putting in an episode with George Kittle, who is Sam, the best tight end in the NFL.

1:07.7

Undisputed best tight end.

1:12.7

So he does a tight end series on his podcast.

1:14.8

He does it with all the big tight ends, Kelsey.

1:17.9

We got Travis Kelsey, George Kittle.

1:19.8

It's going through the history of the position.

1:23.3

You got Standing Sharp, Tony Gonzalez, Cole Klemett.

1:26.4

Then you go all the way back to Ozzie Newsom and Mike Dick.

1:28.6

I've been listening along the whole way.

1:34.4

It's super fascinating how much the tight end position has changed over the years. It's like,

1:41.1

it's funny when you look back at like the 50s, all the tight end is asked to do is block and maybe catch if they're on the goal line.

1:45.1

Nowadays, the tight end might as well be like what the wing is in basketball,

1:47.3

where there has to be like the most versatile guy.

1:51.6

I mean, if you think about it, is George Kittle not the football equivalent of a wing?

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