Analyzing how San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle made Kansas City Chiefs defensive end George Karlaftis a Super Bowl legend.
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00:00 The fumble. So, first possession of the game, the Niners are cruising down the field. Cruising.
00:07 Christian McCaffrey getting like nine yards of carry. He runs to his right behind George Kittle,
00:12 who blocks George Karlaftis. And the play is coming to a close. And George Kittle kind of
00:20 lets up a little bit. And, you know, he's a jokester. He likes to have fun out there. He
00:25 likes to keep it light. And he hasn't heard the whistle yet, but he assumes that Christian
00:30 McCaffrey is about to go down and says, "Hi, George." Mid-play to George Karlaftis, who doesn't
00:35 respond because George Karlaftis sees that Christian McCaffrey has just fumbled and the ball is rolling
00:41 right by George Kittle's foot. And Karlaftis gets down on it first. And that just came out and we
00:46 heard it and saw it. What do you think? You can look it up. So let's be real clear. There's good
00:52 George and bad George on this play. And bad George is George Kittle because he stopped playing to be
00:59 funny and cute. And the other guy who I never even heard of gets the ball and now they don't score.
01:11 So it makes, here's what I want to say. I never heard of George Karlaftis,
01:19 but he's now a champion. You heard of him now. I heard of George Kittle and he's again,
01:25 not a champion. And that's not a champion thing to do. No. To be joking before the whistle blows,
01:34 because you know, George Kittle, maybe you could have got on the ball. Iggy, it's not as embarrassing
01:42 as what Kyle did. It's a defining moment and it's up there on the levels of embarrassments.
01:49 You're saying, hi, hi, hello, George. You said you didn't know who George Karlaftis is. He's a
01:56 two-time Superbowl winner. Now he's been in the league two years. He's won two championships.
01:59 He had 10 and a half sacks this year. Now everyone knows who he is because he's a hero.
02:03 And because, listen, I got to say, I'm going to go a little Brooklyn here
02:09 because George Kittle was standing and talking like a schmuck.
02:11 Yeah. George Karlaftis is a hero because George Kittle made him one.
02:15 Right. My mother, Eve, would have looked at me and said, Lowly, this guy's a schmuck.
02:22 Yeah. My mother, a teacher. The universe wanted one George to be a hero at that moment.
02:28 And it ended up being Karlaftis. It was up for another George. Took a moment to smell the roses
02:35 or whatever. And the other guy was ready to pounce on the ball. I was doing a show with the coach
02:40 yesterday who just left the comment. Get to him in a second. And I said that the Niners are like
02:44 a villain in a James Bond movie. Like just when they're about to get James Bond, they have to
02:47 stop and talk about it a little bit. Oh, James, I got you right where I want you. I've waited so
02:53 long. I'm going to savor this. Like, would you just win the game? Yeah. Hi, George. Hi. I'm
03:02 sorry, man. George Kittle, you're freaking 30 years old. George Karloff. This is 22.
03:08 He had more presence in you. This is your second time in the Super Bowl. And you said, I'll be
03:13 back. I'll be back in the first drive. You were not locked in. I don't know what to tell you, man.
03:18 I'm going to use it. I'm going to use a cliche, but I think it really applies in this cage case.
03:25 George Karloff. This wanted it more than George Kittle. He did. You know what this reminds me of?
03:32 Remember when we went and covered that Super Bowl in Vegas in 2016? No, I don't remember.
03:38 Hold on. Hold on. You're going to remember it. You were there. I was there. It was it was Broncos
03:43 and Panthers. It was Cam Newton's moment. He was supposed to everyone picked the Panthers to win.
03:49 But that wasn't in Vegas. Wasn't that in the Vegas? I mean, Levi's. I'm so sorry. Yeah. Okay.
03:54 Sorry about that. Remember that? Well, he didn't go on the ball. And that's what everyone remembers
03:59 about Cam Newton. I mean, Cam Newton won an MVP. He made any number of great plays. I'm sure his
04:03 highlight reel is a lot of fun. What do you think of when you think of Cam Newton not falling on the
04:06 ball in the Super Bowl? Right. And that's what you're going to think about with George Kittle.
04:09 I think so. Although, Iggy, I want to tell you, I may disagree with you on that, and I'll tell you
04:18 why. And let's get to the media. Okay. No one's written about that that I've seen. That's true.
04:25 Cam got crucified for that.