The Greatest 49er TE of All-time

George Kittle has the opportunity to be considered the greatest 49er TE of all-time. How could I not love him? We're both born on October 9. Who is the greatest? In my opinion not Russ Francis, not Brent Jones, not Monte Stickles, not Charle Young, not Vance McDonald, not Vernon Davis, not Delanie Walker, not John Frank. The best 49er TE is someone most NIner fans unfortunately never saw play. In fact, Kittle is his carbon copy. Great receiver and even better after the catch. 6'4", 226. The best TE of all time was TED KWALICK. Check out the similarities between Kwalick and Kittle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYxoCA7CVgw

George Kittle

Brent Jones
VD
Kittle(on his way to #1 but too early)

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Brent.

Originally posted by English:
Brent.

of course. old school love for kwalik

Kittle will be the best

Originally posted by Jiks:
Brent Jones
VD
Kittle(on his way to #1 but too early)

i love vernon and what he did. but ted kwalik belongs here. almost tied for first with jones. maybe a steel cage match to decide the winner

Originally posted by kezarvet49:
George Kittle has the opportunity to be considered the greatest 49er TE of all-time. How could I not love him? We're both born on October 9. Who is the greatest? In my opinion not Russ Francis, not Brent Jones, not Monte Stickles, not Charle Young, not Vance McDonald, not Vernon Davis, not Delanie Walker, not John Frank. The best 49er TE is someone most NIner fans unfortunately never saw play. In fact, Kittle is his carbon copy. Great receiver and even better after the catch. 6'4", 226. The best TE of all time was TED KWALICK. Check out the similarities between Kwalick and Kittle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYxoCA7CVgw

nice to have posters liike you who can remind the kids. there was a 49er franchise before 1981. kwalik. ken willard. vic washington. gene washington. brodie.fudgehammer. skip. dave wilcox, jimmy johnson. poor bruce taylor who was the jj stokes of his time. high hopes to be the next johnson but never could. wilbur jackson. willie mcgee. steve spurrier. lol.. and of course the best defensive line IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL. the 76 gold rush with cedrick. tommy , elam, jimmy web. i will depend on others to do the 60s for me. lol. i do know about krueger.. and of course kermit alexander cuz he tore up gale sayers knee

Originally posted by Jiks:
Brent Jones
VD
Kittle (on his way to #1 but too early)

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Originally posted by glorydayz:

Originally posted by Jiks:
Brent Jones
VD
Kittle (on his way to #1 but too early)

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Kittle will be the best... But I've noticed people criminally underrate VD on this forum. He has better numbers accross the board on much worse teams and QB's throwing to him then Jones.

And I like Jones. I think he was the more consistent catcher of the football but people act like VD wasn't a top 3 TE for most of his career. Was Jones ever top 3? I don't think so.

Originally posted by Waterbear:
Kittle will be the best... But I've noticed people criminally underrate VD on this forum. He has better numbers accross the board on much worse teams and QB's throwing to him then Jones.

And I like Jones. I think he was the more consistent catcher of the football but people act like VD wasn't a top 3 TE for most of his career. Was Jones ever top 3? I don't think so.

love kittle. but he has a ways to go. years to be considered by vernon jones and kwalik

Brent jones
Dave parks
George kittle ( with a bullet )

Honorable mention
Vernon Davis
Ted Kwalik
Russ Francis

Depends on what you are looking for in a tight end. Kittle will probably end up with the most yards, receptions and TD's but you have to consider the era. Tight ends are used much differently than when Kwalick or Francis played. Brent was used a lot but was never the first or even the 2nd option. Dave Parks was a wide receiver so he doesn't belong on the list. Stickles was a tough sob that was a superb blocker. They were all great in their own right but I just can't compare them when the position has evolved so much. It's probably changed more than any position other than fullback.