{"id":16111,"date":"2024-10-28T07:54:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T07:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=16111"},"modified":"2024-10-28T07:54:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T07:54:09","slug":"kittle-shows-out-joins-elite-49ers-crowd-on-national-tight-ends-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=16111","title":{"rendered":"Kittle shows out, joins elite 49ers crowd on National Tight Ends Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/csnbayarea.com\/36ff5a1d1d70c910f9c0fdcf594111f0\" \/>SANTA CLARA \u2014 It\u2019s only appropriate that George Kittle had one of his best games of the season in\u00a0the 49ers&#8217; 30-24 win\u00a0over the Dallas Cowboys\u00a0on National Tight Ends Day.<\/p>\n<p>The All-Pro was heavily involved in the offense on both run and pass plays and led the team with six catches for 128 yards and a touchdown. Kittle also, as usual, provided key blocks on several run plays as well, including a role as lead blocker in front of wide receiver Deebo Samuel, who often was set up as the\u00a0ball carrier in the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IT\u2019S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>pic.twitter.com\/Enqvx3UROv<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers)\u00a0October 28, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With his 500th career catch Sunday, Kittle moves up to fifth-highest career receptions in 49ers franchise history behind Jerry Rice (1,281), Terrell Owens (592), Roger Craig (508) and Dwight Clark (506). Kittle also moves up to third-most receiving yards in franchise history behind Rice (19,247) and Owens (8,572).<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s] an honor,\u201d Kittle said. \u201cI\u2019m thankful I got to be a part of an organization with very high standards of how they play football. Thankful that they\u2019ve kept me around for a long time. I\u2019m striving every day to be better than the day I was before, and continually prove that I need to be on the San Francisco 49ers&#8217; roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be on the list with any of those names &#8212; any list you\u2019re on with Jerry Rice is a good thing, but to be with all those other guys is fantastic and it\u2019s an honor. I think in college I learned you want to leave your jersey in a better place, and that\u2019s all I\u2019m striving to do every single day and I know those guys did that.<\/p>\n<p>Kittle historically has had stand-out performances when playing Dallas, including a three-touchdown game in 2023 which helped propel the team into the playoffs. The tight end\u2019s performance Sunday night could help create similar momentum.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old also is the creator of National Tight Ends Day, which now is recognized by the entire NFL, and it wasn\u2019t just Kittle who had a productive day.\u00a0Tight ends across the league made NFL history with a record 177 receptions as a position group throughout Sunday\u2019s contests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Make sure to leave out milk and cookies for National Tight End Day \ud83e\udd5b \ud83c\udf6a<\/p>\n<p>pic.twitter.com\/VCJosm3x19<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers)\u00a0October 28, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kittle started the celebration Sunday by bringing all of the 49ers tight ends \u2014 Eric Saubert, Brayden Willis and Jake Tonges &#8212; out of the tunnel with him as his name was announced during\u00a0 team intros.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was my idea,\u201d Kittle said. \u201cWe had four active tight ends for the first time this year, so I was really excited about that. It\u2019s a holiday trying to celebrate all tight ends, not just the guys who get a bunch of targets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTight ends are the greatest on special teams, goal-line stuff. Just happy to have them all run out with me. I really do appreciate my tight ends room this year, they\u2019ve been fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kittle and his tight end group will have a week off to get healthier before they head to Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA CLARA \u2014 It\u2019s only appropriate that George Kittle had one of his best games of the season in\u00a0the 49ers&#8217; 30-24 win\u00a0over the Dallas Cowboys\u00a0on National Tight&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kittle shows out, joins elite 49ers crowd on National Tight Ends Day - Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=16111\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kittle shows out, joins elite 49ers crowd on National Tight Ends Day - Sport News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SANTA CLARA \u2014 It\u2019s only appropriate that George Kittle had one of his best games of the season in\u00a0the 49ers&#8217; 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