Those contract negotiations are ongoing, but Kittle isn't making it a secret where he prefers to be for the long-term. Apparently, the tight end told head coach Kyle Shanahan's wife, Mandy, that he loves playing for her husband and the 49ers as the group recently enjoyed a game of golf.
But it was supposed to be a secret. Kittle is, after all, trying to get as much money as he can from the team.
"He told my wife how much he liked it here," Shanahan told reporters on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. "He told my wife to promise not to tell me. So after he was gone, she told me."
Why would she betray Kittle's trust like that?
"She's my wife," said Shanahan.
Maybe, just maybe, Kittle wanted Shanahan to know how much he loved being a Forty-Niner. Maybe it's all part of his negotiation tactics. Or maybe Kittle was just trying to throw Shanahan off his golf game.
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