Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
49ers star George Kittle reveals NFL retirement timeline, post-football plans
“Literally until I don’t have fun anymore,” Kittle said. “Or if [his wife] Claire looks at me and goes, ‘You kinda look like s—t out there, you should retire’. I’ll be like, ‘All right.’
“I don’t know, I think if I get to 35 and it hurts to put pants on in the morning, I think I’ll be like, ‘Ah, this isn’t that much fun anymore,’ and I’ll have a conversation with myself. But I’m feeling great right now.”
George Kittle shares ref injury story during Jauan Jennings’ wrongful ejection in 49ers finale
“He got ejected. He was like 30 yards away, and Jauan’s a blocker — you pull up any highlight of that dude, he’s an a—–e. He was 25 yards away and got ejected in likethe second quarter. Our whole game plan was just to feed Jauan to break 1,000, which are really fun game plans to be a part of. Everyone wanted Jauan to break 1,000.”
Kittle went on to explain how the situation escalated.
“So he blocked a dude on a run — I don’t know if it was a pass or a run — he’s blocking the dude and pancakes him,” he continued. “Then the dude gets up, and they start fighting. They both get 15-yard penalties, and [Jauan] didn’t throw a punch once. He gets jumped by like three Cardinals players, so there’s two penalties offsetting. Then, the next play, it’s an outside zone. He’s blocking one of the Cardinals DBs, who’s yelling at him, and literally just grabs him and throws him down. So they’re doing that, and Jauan gets ejected. But he never got fined for it, because the NFL reviewed the film and was like he did nothing wrong, he shouldn’t have been ejected. So he missed out on a 1,000-yard season for no reason.”
Meanwhile, Kittle was occupied with aiding another person on the field.
“The best part about this play was a ref was running over to break it up and he popped his hammy — right in front of me,” Kittle added. “I’m jogging over, and he’s in front of me, and he just grabs his hamstring and goes down. I’m like, ‘Oh, sir, sir, are you okay?’ He’s like, ‘Ah, no, I’m not.’ I’m like, ‘Oh no, dude.’ So I didn’t get over there (to the scuffle with Jennings). I was picking up a ref and helping him off the sideline.”
49ers star George Kittle lists sacrifices he would make to win Super Bowl
“Other sacrifices Kittle would make to win a Super Bowl: Bite someone’s ear off, cut off his pinky finger and go to prison for a year. Well, as long as that prison isn’t San Quentin, where Kittle already has had an unforgettable experience.
“My rookie year, they made all the rookies go to San Quentin,” Kittle recalled. “We go into the death row area during a tour, and as soon as we got through security, they’re like, ‘Just letting you guys know, if there’s a riot, there’s nothing we can do for you.’ So we go into death row and this guy’s like, ‘Oh, the football players are here. Which one of you is the tight end because I’m going to get up in that ass.’
“And I was like, I play linebacker. Absolutely not. I’m OK.”