49ers sign Kittle to 4-yr 76.4M contract extension.

[Gregg]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/49ers-make-george-kittle-the-highest-paid-te-in-nfl-history-with-massive-extension/ar-AA1DQ3Mk?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[MJS]

He's a great player, but already 31. We'll see if he can keep it up into his 30's. I sure hope Kincaid can turn into one of those elite TE's.

[No_Matter_What]

Hawes must be licking his chops...

[Shaw66]

Good deal for Kittle.  

 

If I were the niners, I wouldn't be chasing after him. 

[MJS]

6 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

Good deal for Kittle.  

 

If I were the niners, I wouldn't be chasing after him. 

Two straight 1,000 yard seasons for him. He is clearly elite, plus a fan favorite. I think he is pretty solidified there.

 

But yeah, I would have done a 2 year deal instead of 4 years. That's a little risky.

[Malazan]

18 minutes ago, MJS said:

Two straight 1,000 yard seasons for him. He is clearly elite, plus a fan favorite. I think he is pretty solidified there.

 

But yeah, I would have done a 2 year deal instead of 4 years. That's a little risky.

 

My hunch is when the details are released it will be a "2 year deal".

[K D]

Purdy next! He's going to break the bank and SF will be in trouble cap-wise

[Mr. WEO]

insanity....

[eball]

30 minutes ago, K D said:

Purdy next! He's going to break the bank and SF will be in trouble cap-wise

 

And how un-excited can the 49ers be about that?  When you're in "decent but sorta meh QB" purgatory and have to pay the guy it sucks.

 

[Doc Brown]

If it's an extension I only see him getting maybe two years with $50m guaranteed and the 49ers can get out of the contract pretty easily after 2027.  Probably.

[TheBrownBear]

1 hour ago, MJS said:

Two straight 1,000 yard seasons for him. He is clearly elite, plus a fan favorite. I think he is pretty solidified there.

 

But yeah, I would have done a 2 year deal instead of 4 years. That's a little risky.

I didn't realize how good he's been the past two seasons.  For whatever reason I thought he was still sort of mired in that cycle of injuries.  Seems like a reasonable deal given his production and talent.

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

Unfortunately Kincaid is no Kittle 

[aristocrat]

Still underpaid

[Augie]

16 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

Unfortunately Kincaid is no Kittle 

 

…..yet.

[Aussie Joe]

Like this dude a lot ….. hope he can be the guy that gives Father Time his first loss , but that’s probably unlikely 

[TBBills Fan]

This is a drought era bills move to try and sell they are trying to win 

[BillsPride12]

11 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

This is a drought era bills move to try and sell they are trying to win 

No the drought era Bills move would have been to wait until this contract was up and then sign him to an even bigger one 

[BigDingus]

10 hours ago, MJS said:

He's a great player, but already 31. We'll see if he can keep it up into his 30's. I sure hope Kincaid can turn into one of those elite TE's.

 

We can hope, but he sure didn't show me anything that made me think he's got the talent to become a TE of that caliber.

 

I think he could be good (certainly better than he's shown so far), but not anything on the level of a Kittle or Kelce. Even if it were just flashes of greatness here & there, I'd be more optimistic, but he's shown flashes of "good" more than anything. 

[Redblood]

Love kittle, but thats alot of money for an old guy

[nucci]

17 hours ago, Malazan said:

 

My hunch is when the details are released it will be a "2 year deal".

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/inside-the-new-george-kittle-deal

 

Kittle replaces the remaining year of his existing contract at $15 million with two guaranteed years at $33 million and another $2 million in guarantees for the third year. He has the ability to bump the total guarantee to $40 million.

The 49ers are committed as a practical matter to two years. It becomes a year-to-year arrangement after that.

17 hours ago, Malazan said:

 

My hunch is when the details are released it will be a "2 year deal".

correct