Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz talks with 49ers TE George Kittle about getting WR Brandon Aiyuk signed to an extension and what his thoughts are on star OL Trent Williams’ hold out. Kittle joins Yahoo Sports on behalf of Little Caesars Pizza.
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49 ers in the news, Brandon AYU gets a massive contract, he gets paid.
What does that mean to your organization and to you guys this season, uh it means a lot of this organization one because Brandon’s a fantastic football player.
So he makes everybody’s jobs a lot easier and really what it is.
I’m just so excited for Brandon and his family because he’s put the work and he’s made the plays, he’s done everything that he’s needed to do to earn that money.
And so for him to actually, you know, sign the contract and get it done, uh we’re all just so happy for him and so now we can uh just get him out there and we’ll throw him, throw him the ball a couple of times, watch him get some highlight blocks and we’re gonna play a lot of really good football.
I mean, that’s not the only contract conversation.
Trent Williams is a big fellow, obviously also working on his deal when you guys as a team, look at this with everybody trying to get what they deserve, but you’re also trying to put your best team on the best foot forward with your team in week one.
How do you sort of manage that?
Um, well, the nice thing is, is that now that is done, he’s gonna have this full week of practice and, you know, he’s probably, he’s probably out there today running and doing stuff.
Um, and then Trent Williams, the nice thing about Trent Williams is he’s a first bout Hall of Famer and he’s like that every single day.
He wakes up like that.
Um, and so he doesn’t, I’m not really too worried about Trent Lys.
He’s gonna show up, he’s gonna show up in shape.
You know, there might be a little rust to him because he hasn’t practiced in a while.
But, like, I know that Trent’s preparing for this season because he really wants to win football games and he doesn’t ever want to put something bad on tape.
So he’s gonna show up ready to roll and whenever that time is, I’m looking forward to it and, uh, I just can’t wait to play Trent Williams again.