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00:00George Kittle telling Bussin with the boys,
00:03he has signed a contract extension to remain in San Francisco.
00:07Four years, $76.4 million extension signed by Kittle.
00:12He has been in San Francisco for the entirety of his eight-year NFL career.
00:16After more than 1,100 receiving yards and eight receiving scores a season ago,
00:23George Kittle will remain in San Fran.
00:25Four years, $76.4 million deal, Joe.
00:28Just north of $19 million on annual average value,
00:32making George Kittle the highest-paid tight end in National Football League history.
00:37Yeah, and, you know, deserving in terms of the productivity,
00:40a little bit banged up over the past couple of seasons,
00:43but a mainstay and a very important piece to the San Francisco 49ers offense.
00:48Let's not forget Brandon Ayew coming off a major injury.
00:52Ricky Pearsall, year number two, showed, you know, bright spots.
00:56But we don't know what to expect from this offense moving forward.
01:00And if you're Brock Purdy, that's the security blanket.
01:03You know, you talk about Brock Purdy's success,
01:05obviously with Christian McCaffrey coming out of the backfield
01:08in the short-to-intermediate passing game.
01:10You have George Kittle working over the middle for those dig routes
01:13and working on linebackers.
01:15And then that opens up everything over the top for those wide receivers.
01:18So we'll see how it progresses.
01:21But he's deserving, even though you can get tight end help in the draft
01:26in the second, third, fourth rounds,
01:28George Kittle is an added blocker as it relates to the rushing attack as well.
01:33So he deserves the money.
01:35As long as he's healthy, he's right up there with some of the best in the game.
01:39And we'll see if he can really live up to expectations
01:42and lead San Fran to an NFC championship.
01:45There's no doubt about it, Joe.
01:48And he's 31 years old now.
01:50He will turn 32 during the 2025 NFL season.
01:53That's in October.
01:55A fifth-round pick out of Iowa back in 2017.
01:58Again, all eight seasons of his NFL playing career
02:02have been with the 49ers.
02:04He came on very strong, two 1,000-yard seasons in his first three years.
02:09But he has now backed that up after a few years dealing with injury
02:13with four consecutive seasons of at least 14 games played.
02:17He has been a pro bowler in all four of those years.
02:20Back-to-back seasons leads to a guy, 2023 and 2024.
02:24That connection established with Brock Purdy,
02:27where he has had more than 1,000 receiving yards.
02:30He's one of five tight ends in the history of the NFL.
02:33Of course, we have seen this position grow and grow over the last decade or two.
02:38But he is one of five tight ends in the history of the National Football League
02:41with at least four seasons of 1,000 receiving yards.
02:46Travis Kelsey has the most.
02:47He has seven.
02:48The four other guys, including Kittle, Kittle, Tony Gonzalez, Rob Gronkowski,
02:53and Jason Witten, all with four seasons of 1,000 receiving yards.
02:58And Kittle is still doing it.
02:591,100 receiving yards last year and eight receiving touchdowns.
03:04So, Joe, he is still producing at a very productive clip.