San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle promised not to pout if Kyle Shanahan's high-powered offence ignores him for entire games in 2023. The veteran pass-catcher said it's "fun" to play in a squad "that does have a problem of too many mouths to feed."
Kittle could struggle to match his reception tallies of previous seasons because Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and Christian McCaffrey also expect to touch the ball frequently. His numbers already dipped last year when he recorded his lowest catches-per-game mark since his rookie campaign (4). But the £59 million man is ready to focus almost exclusively on blocking if that's what it takes to win.
"If I have one catch a game, I know my fantasy football coach would be really mad at me for that, but it is what it is," Kittle told the 49ers' website. "As long as we're winning games and we're feeding the right guys the ball – I'm never going to get mad if Christian McCaffrey has 20 carries and 10 catches for 300 total yards, I'll never be upset about that because he's such a talented football player.
