George Kittle Signs Historic $76.4M Deal with 49ers

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00:00some big news early this morning george kittle has signed a long-term contract extension with

00:06the san francisco 49ers four years 76.4 million dollars that is exactly 19.1 million on annual

00:15average value making kittle the highest paid tight end in national football league history

00:21last year in year number eight around the nfl more than 1 000 receiving yards for the fourth time in

00:28his career for the 49ers this offseason two big paydays had to happen brock purdy who we'll discuss

00:35in just a little bit and their veteran tight end and one of the leaders of the franchise

00:39in george kittle the deal is now done deservedly so too i mean the guy's been a really good football

00:46player since coming to san francisco now he has caught up with the injury bug a bit and also

00:50this isn't a guy in the middle of his prime it's more of the back end like an nfl like hey man we're

00:54going to tie up that tight end 26 27 years old george kittle now will be into his 30s here but

00:59also production is key and if you expect to be in that super bowl window you want to pay your guys

01:04keep them happy and hopefully get those good performances out the one thing we're going to

01:08worry about in just a few moments is who that quarterback is going to be and how much money

01:11that that quarterback is going to cost but i don't think anybody looks at george kittle says

01:14what a crazy deal understand this again most people say well how's he the highest paid tight

01:19in the football i don't think he's the best it's just the time that your actual contract comes up

01:23he's not really resetting the market he's just getting market value right now and the next guy

01:28to come along is a really good young tight end we'll break through george kittle's numbers as well

01:31he deserves to be paid he's a good football player have no issues with this from the 49ers