George Kittle

Just don't make my gums bleed and we're going to have a great day.

I got those little sticks with the little floss thing in it. It's just like... That makes you a flosser.

Either have a paper towel there and wipe it off or rinse it off under the sink.

Cheese or chocolate? Cheese. And meats. Let's start with cheese first. You know what? Dairy crushes me, so I'm not a huge, like I love cheese, but I don't consume it very often. Chocolate fondue, I'll crush that.

The only meat I want cooked in front of me is hibachi. That's all I need. This guy gets it.

Are you asking me? I'm not entirely sure. I'm not much of a fondue guy. It's more of the, I just hope like McCaffrey has a chocolate fondue at his wedding. That's kind of what I'm thinking.

How many? What's the limit?

You're the limit. Your imagination is the limit. Bump those numbers up, baby.

I'm not going to say mine, even though it was my favorite, but I'm really looking forward to Christian's wedding. It's going to be great. I've never been to Rhode Island. And I was actually thinking the other day, I was like, how many people do I actually know from Rhode Island? And I said...

none and then how many people and then i was thinking about like the northeast was like do i know anyone from delaware and i know like two people from delaware maybe that's just because i work out with them i was like what a what an interesting northeast place up there all those little states yeah so i was thinking about that uh besides that one of my favorite weddings i've been to oh goodness um

I always enjoy a nice Iowa wedding. When all my teammates get married from college, they all go back to Iowa, so it gives me a reason to go back there and see my home state. So I like those because it's a lot of beverages, a lot of really good food, some sweet corn, and incredible dancing.

And then every Iowa football player's wedding I've been to, usually every guy's shirt is off halfway through the night.

That's a great question. I think it depends on the vibe. Live music is fantastic, but if you want to put up, you go up there and, you know, put a nice DJ playlist on, I won't argue with that either. But live music is always a great time.

The Dakotas, a handful being from Iowa. But, you know, like I've never really met like when someone says I'm from North Dakota, I'm like, wow, it's it's really cold up there. How are you? Yes.

My favorite thing about my wedding was we only had our bridesmaids and groomsmen plus their plus one. So it was like a 35-person wedding. And it was on my property in Nashville. And it was just an absolute party of a time. It was just an excuse to hang out with all my best friends. So that was my favorite part about my wedding.

I live on the dance floor, yes, with a drink in my hand or two.

That's a great question. I think being a tight end and like when you watch all the film and stuff like that, you see around the league from Travis to what Gronk used to do, Jason Witten, Mark Andrews, Laporta, Hawkinson. Like, there's just – it's hard to compare tight ends because all of our offenses are so different. And what we're asked to do is so different.

Like, I don't know, like, if you took – like, if you put me in the Ravens offense, put Mark Andrews in my offense, I don't know if, you know, we would be the exact same players. I think we're built for the offenses that we're in. And so it's really hard to compete or, like, to compare the level of play that tight ends are at right now. Because, like, the things that Travis does –

You couldn't just put any tight end into the Chiefs' offense, and they'd have seven 1,000-yard seasons in a row. I think Travis has got such a great connection with Patrick and the freedom that he has in his routes that he's earned through his decision-making and route-running abilities.

I think that's what he's built, and I don't think you could put another tight end in that system, and it could be just as good. And I have the confidence to say I don't think you could put someone in my position and they'd be just as good as me. So it's hard to compare and contrast them. I think we all play the game at a really, really high level.

And I think appreciating the level of play that the tight end position is at is the best thing that we should do.

Speak to me. Speak to you. You know, I think Travis is done. I think he runs a fantastic podcast. He's incredibly humble and he talks about tight ends in the right way. He talks about people in the right way and he treats everyone with respect and a positive attitude. So I think Travis does such a great job. He highlights the tight end position.

I think, you know, there's more spotlights on him because he's dating one of the most famous people in the world. And I think, you know, There's all those media headlines that just take photos of him when he's out in the ocean and stuff like that, so you just see Travis a bunch. But, you know, I don't think that bothers or rubs any of the tight ends the wrong way.

Yeah, I don't know. But, you know, I think I got into one of those TMZ photos this past year because I was hanging out with McCaffrey and his fiancee, Olivia. And there was a TMZ guy on a boat in Cabo. And I was like, wow, I've never really had to experience that before. And I just waved at the guy. And I was like, hey, man, hope you're having a great day. Hope you get your photo.

To an extent, you'd say that like there are games this past you look at where I've had a couple games right 15 targets for 130 to 150 yards. And I had a game where I had one catch for one year. And while one catch for one yard is not my favorite. When we win games, it's you know, I don't get too upset about it. My wife will tell me that I need to go ask for more targets, which I love her for that.

But really, you know, the way that our offense is, we have a lot of mouths to feed out there. And what I really love about my offense is in the run game, I get to be the tip of the spear a lot. And I get a lot of one on one stuff versus defensive ends, whether it's a pass pro game or the run game.

And I know that by what I put on tape consistently over the course of my career, there's not a lot of guys that could step in and be the tip of the spear like that.

Oh yeah. No, I love the ball. Like, trust me, I'm not, I'm not, I don't always like getting one target and one catch, but you know, whenever you can get in that, you know, four to six target range, I'm very happy with it. But like, I'm also, you know, I'm not gonna complain about Christian McCaffrey, Debo and IU getting the ball.

Like those are, you know, fantastic playmakers and I'm just going to do everything I can to help them out. No, really. Yeah. You talk about the contract stuff. Yeah. You can't, you don't look at the run blocking as like a statistic. But what you can look at is, hey, when George is on the front side of the run game, the run play average is 7.8 yards a carry.

And when he's not in, it's 3.2 yards a carry. And that is something that you can measure. And so I think my tape speaks for itself. And that run game speaks for itself.

Oh, my goodness. Trent Williams. I like how you went straight from tight in you to terrified of Trent Williams. Totally understand that that is a big dude. And he's also very good at everything that he does. He's an intimidating specimen. I will say that. But he's also one of the nicest dudes ever. And if you get him in the sauna, you're in there, you're sweating one out.

And he just likes to talk about all the random stuff that he likes to do with his time, which is pretty interesting. And I think Trent is just someone who's done it – at the highest of high levels for so long. And I think, what is he, 34 or 35, 36, somewhere in there. And he's still the best left tackle in the NFL. And you watch his tape and he just pulverizes guys.

So while he might be intimidating to rookies and stuff, the second you get to know Trent, he's one of the nicest guys on the team. He's also got the biggest, whitest smile I've ever seen out of anybody, him and Mike Shanahan.

Um, he really likes Cabo. Uh, we got him into golf last year, which was pretty fun. Uh, cause he had, he literally told us, he said he played in a charity tournament like 10 years ago and he got made fun of cause he didn't play very well. So he didn't pick up a, like he didn't golf again for 10 years. And we were down in Cabo. We got into golf with us, me, Juice, and McCaffrey and Debo.

And he became in love with it. And now he golfs multiple days a week all the time. And so just seeing Trent Williams golf is just so much fun because he's just absolutely massive and he can just torch a golf ball.

Ooh, that's a great one. I think tight ends are up there. But I've yet to play golf with a quarterback who is, like, really bad. Like every quarterback I've ever golfed with, they're just like sticks. It's really annoying. Like they're all just above average.

Well, it's also probably because they all feel really healthy all the time and their knees don't hurt and their shoulders don't hurt that often. So there's stuff there just cranking out the golfers. You watch Josh Allen, the homes, you know, my, my buddy, CJ Beathard, he's got a wild golf swing, but he just pipes that thing down the middle of the fairway every single time.

And it makes no sense to me. So I think quarterbacks are tight ends are definitely the two best positions.

Um, well, I'm pretty sure, didn't Wayne Gretzky a couple years ago say that Conrad David was, like, better than he ever was or something like that? Yeah, he's being nice. Yeah, he's being nice. I mean, who cares? That's not Greg Cody saying something.

It's just Gretzky. You're right. You know, he doesn't know anything. Ha ha ha! But, you know, I think what Conor McDavid does for the game of hockey, you know, this is fun. So one of my best friends is Phil Forsberg, you know, plays for the Preds. And, you know, I love it.

But he was telling me a couple of years ago, he was like, hey, you got to come to the game this Tuesday because we're playing the Oilers and you need to watch Conor McDavid play. And he's never said that about any other player in the league. Like, no one else has he ever said that about. And so I went and watched McDavid.

And just the speed that he plays at, it's like watching Tiger kill out there. It's incredible, just the different speed he plays at. And when you see someone like that handle the puck, the crazy moves that he does, the crazy plays that he does, you can't call the dude overrated because he shows up all the time.

And while, like, I don't know if he has a goal yet in the Stanley Cup, the reason that they're in the Stanley Cup is because you have a guy like that who just obviously dominates all the time.

Can you put my face that I made on after it, too? I'm just like, no, we won't do that. You want us to be fair?

Way to set me up for failure. I really, really appreciate that. Thank you so much, hockey fans. But I'm really excited about Titan U. It's such a cool thing. We get to bring in anywhere from like 60 to 80 tight ends, NFL guys, all across the league, guys from every single team. And you got guys that are rookies and you got guys that are 10-year vets.

You have guys who are all pros and you got 10-year guys who just have grinded through multiple teams but are still in the league. And what we get to do is we're bringing everybody together. You're building a brotherhood. So now you have young guys that get to know, hey, you don't have a rookie or a second year guy who's intimidated by Travis Kelsey, George Kittle, TJ Hawkinson, Mark Andrews.

And they get to go up and they get to talk to them after a football game and like actually know them. And so it's just kind of a fun experience to get to know everybody. But really what the best part is, is. We sit down in these meeting rooms, and you get to talk about the tight end position because of all the things that you get to do.

And this year, I'm going to be talking pass pro because I get kind of annoyed with all the defensive guys who say, hey, you know, a defensive end, if you have a one-on-one versus a tight end, it's a 100% win rate. I disagree with that. I think you can check my tape and tape around the league, but that's not how it goes.

And so I want to get guys more comfortable, more confident in their ability to pass pro. And then you're going to have Travis talk about coverages, how to beat coverages, how to read certain coverages versus certain routes, and how to sit down versus what he's thinking in his process.

So the next time you watch Travis Kelson's film, you'll be like, oh, this is probably what he was thinking because he talked about that a couple months ago. Greg Olson will talk releases. Dallas Clark's going to get up there and just talk about the passion of playing the game, which is pretty fun. Dallas Clark loves the game of football.

But it's really just I'm trying to give guys the confidence in both themselves and their ability on the football field, but also just in the tight end community and how you can fall back on guys if you have a question about something tight end related. And so I think the tight end position is continually growing and guys are getting better at everything.

And so you're just going to continually see great tight ends that do it all.

Oh, man. I think he looks great there, man. Just got to close the feet off a little bit, get straight toes there. It's better for your hips. But that's a fantastic photo.

I think he looks great. You know, I would lose the shirt, maybe put on a chubby shirt, maybe something like that. I think he looks very handsome. Gronk is just a large individual, isn't he? Yes, he's big. He's Louise.

You know what? Yeah. That's Big Ten football, baby. Oh, come on. We're going to be gritty. You're disgusting. You disgust me.

Kittle, you're gross. Hey, look. I'm not saying it's pretty. I'm not saying it's beautiful. You're dirty. We need to get out there. We need to be comfortable throwing some routes out there.

foul but you can't defend publicly kittle no you can't all i know all i know is that what was our average points per game last year like 16 maybe the under came in every time it was like seven points something ridiculous you know what i think i think i was just doing that so you can just make money every single week by betting the under they're doing it for you guys okay that's quite an accusation all right but

I really appreciate you guys are a riot. Have a great day.

Just keep grinding. Like I said, conditions played a huge, huge part in today's game. I don't really think the Cleveland Browns are a good team at all.

I didn't really hear anything about it until I got in the locker room, so it's all brand new information to me. Look, if you're on the roster and you suit up, expect to play. I think if anyone in this building got asked to go in, I would say 100% of everybody would die and get on that football field. And so, people go through or going through random things off the field, I can't speak on that.

You know, his decision was it wasn't for this organization, it wasn't for this team. And, no, that's on him. So, not very happy about it. I would have something to say. I wish I would have heard about it on the field, but I didn't. Now, is that the reason we lost? Absolutely not. But you don't really – it's hard to win football games when someone doesn't want to play football.