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Yahoo Sports’ Jori Epstein spoke with the San Francisco tight end about facing Baltimore on Christmas Night, what makes Lamar Jackson so special, and how facing the Ravens can be a barometer for the 49ers’ playoff readiness.
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JORI EPSTEIN: You are gearing up to play a really good Baltimore Ravens team this week. And I always think, like, if I were going to the playoffs, I’d rather play that caliber of competition this late in the season. What can playing the Ravens Christmas do for your playoff readiness?
GEORGE KITTLE: Oh, that’s a great question. Well, first off, I want to hand it to the NFL scriptwriters. Like, great job. Christmas Day, Monday Night Football, and you got the two one-seeds going at it? You couldn’t have done that one any better. Wow. It makes you think just a little bit.
But I mean, fantastic. We haven’t played the Ravens since 2019. That was our last Super Bowl year. They were really good that year too. So looking forward to that rematch.
I haven’t really watched a ton of film on them yet, but just watching them throughout the season, I know their defense is playing at an incredibly high level. And Lamar is Lamar. He was a former MVP, should be consistently in that talk. He is– for some reason, people always talk down on him. Lamar, every time he touches the ball could be a touchdown. He’s insane, whether it’s his legs or his cannon of an arm.
So, I mean, it’s going to be a fantastic game. And like I said, you couldn’t write it any better for Christmas Day in Levi’s Stadium, Monday Night Football. Wow. It’s going to be so special and so much fun. I just can’t wait for it. And like, the hype, you know, it’s going to build up, it’s going to be great all week. Media is going to love to talk about it.
You know, and like, to get us ready for the postseason, that’s what you said, it’s going to be huge because if they’re the one seed versus one seed, those are two teams that are playing good football in December, and that’s the…
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Publish date : 2023-12-20 17:22:39
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