George Kittle
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
Just don't make my gums bleed and we're going to have a great day.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
I got those little sticks with the little floss thing in it. It's just like... That makes you a flosser.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
Either have a paper towel there and wipe it off or rinse it off under the sink.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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 Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
The only meat I want cooked in front of me is hibachi. That's all I need. This guy gets it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
How many? What's the limit?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
You're the limit. Your imagination is the limit. Bump those numbers up, baby.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
And then every Iowa football player's wedding I've been to, usually every guy's shirt is off halfway through the night.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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 Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
I live on the dance floor, yes, with a drink in my hand or two.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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 –
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
And I think appreciating the level of play that the tight end position is at is the best thing that we should do.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
And it makes no sense to me. So I think quarterbacks are tight ends are definitely the two best positions.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
And so you're just going to continually see great tight ends that do it all.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
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
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor
I really appreciate you guys are a riot. Have a great day.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: A Cam Ward With One Cube
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Andrew Hawkins on De'Vandre Campbell Quitting
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.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Andrew Hawkins on De'Vandre Campbell Quitting
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.