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George Kittle on Tight End Respect, Mike Evans on the 49ers, F*ck Dallas Shirt & TEU Recap | EP 197
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NFL Photo of the Year, Killing Spiders for Your Wife & the PETA Response
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Travis brings up Kittle's 2025 NFL Photo of the Year — a dramatic touchdown dive — and Kittle explains that the team photographer creates black and white glass prints with a hidden colour layer: when you flip the light switch, only the colour red appears (jersey, fans, blood). The photo hangs at his home bar and workout space. The We Gotta Ask question — pancake block or killing a spider for your wife, which is more masculine — leads into an unexpectedly funny tangent. Kittle explains he was inspired by a Twitter account called Captain Andrew Luck that narrated Luck's games in Civil War-era letters to his mother. He tried something similar with a spider tweet, it went massively viral, and PETA sent him a care package and their CEO publicly roasted him. His response: he chose his wife's appreciation over PETA's goodwill.
Kittle saved a photo of 49ers linebacker Gary Plummer wearing a 'F*ck Dallas' shirt on his phone for roughly nine years before finally wearing one himself. He bought the whole tight end room one — and was the only person who wore it. It's now in his locker every day.
Kittle kept a photo of linebacker Gary Plummer wearing a 'F*ck Dallas' shirt saved on his phone for roughly 9 years before wearing one himself pregame.
In his rookie year OTAs, Kittle had been to only 3 Joe Staley interactions when the All-Pro tackle kicked open his bathroom stall mid-pee and demanded to share. Kittle's response: 'I'll move over, Mr. Joe Staley.' He took it as a sign Staley liked him.
