The 49ers are used to playing the waiting game with major contract extensions and allowing them to drag perilously close to the start of the regular season.
But they have broken with tradition with All-Pro tight end George Kittle, signing him to a four-year extension worth $76.4 million. The deal was first reported by Will Compton and Taylor Lewin of the Bussin’ With The Boys podcast.
The deal sees Kittle once again become the highest-paid tight end in football, earning him an average of $19.1 million a year, surpassing the previous high of $19 million a year for Trey McBride of the Arizona Cardinals.