George Kittle explains why the San Francisco 49ers offense struggled in the Super Bowl.
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00:00 Howdy.
00:00 You said all week it was about touchdowns, not field goals.
00:04 Do you think that's what you came down to?
00:09 I think both teams had plenty of opportunities.
00:12 Our defense was playing really well in the first half.
00:14 Our offense couldn't-- we sputtered a little bit.
00:19 And then when you play a quarterback
00:21 like Patrick Mahomes with a good offense,
00:24 you got to put up touchdowns, not field goals.
00:26 How do you think your young quarterback playing
00:30 on the spot like he's about to die,
00:31 but he's reaching out to zone?
00:33 I thought he did a great job.
00:34 So just throughout the game, I haven't watched the tape
00:37 or anything like that, but Brock seemed like his normal self,
00:40 delivering the ball when he needed to,
00:42 put in tight coverages.
00:43 I think Brock played a hell of a game.
00:45 [INAUDIBLE]
00:46 I really haven't thought about it yet.
00:54 [INAUDIBLE]
00:56 How are you feeling out your shoulder?
00:58 What happened in the game?
01:04 Something I'll have time to deal with.
01:05 It's an upper body injury for my hockey guys.
01:08 Besides that, I need a little help.
01:11 And I think Charlie came in and did a fantastic job.
01:14 He got him all the way down there.
01:15 I was just ready for that moment.
01:17 And at this point, I couldn't play every single play.
01:20 I had an opportunity to get back in there late,
01:22 but obviously it wasn't enough.
01:24 [INAUDIBLE]
01:24 I mean, I think when you go back and look at the tape,
01:38 I think that's what you're going to want to say.
01:40 It's football.
01:41 The ball doesn't bounce your way sometimes.
01:43 They're a really good team.
01:44 So like I said over there, you got
01:47 to score touchdowns if you want to win these games
01:50 and beat the Chiefs.
01:51 Hey, George, can you put into words
01:53 just how disappointing this is considering getting back here,
01:58 how good this team is, to be so close to winning it all?
02:04 I think you just answered your own question.
02:06 In your words, though, I mean.
02:07 You train all season.
02:14 Train all offseason.
02:15 Every day you put in for the work.
02:17 Go to OTAs, training camp.
02:19 It's a long, long season.
02:20 It's a long year.
02:22 And whatever week we're on, what, 27?
02:24 Something like that.
02:25 We've been playing football since late July.
02:27 And to come up short of a goal, of a dream, it's not fun.
02:31 George, Eric, Norm said, was just
02:33 saying that it hurts a little more this time.
02:35 Because last time everybody was younger.
02:37 And they said, oh, we'll definitely be back.
02:39 And you guys have been knocking on the door here for so long.
02:42 Do you feel similarly to that?
02:46 I think-- I don't know if it's worse.
02:51 Give me a couple of days.
02:53 But I know that we still have a talented team.
02:57 We still have the guys.
02:58 We still have a great foundation.
03:00 So the only answer is go back to work.
03:04 How much do you hurt per training week?
03:07 That's depressing.
03:09 I mean, to get injured in the Super Bowl.
03:12 Hopefully it hits up Aaron Rodgers and figures out
03:14 how to heal that quickly.
03:16 And besides that, I mean, Dre's a heartbeat of our defense.
03:19 Him and Fred in there.
03:21 I know they feed off each other.
03:23 And I think OB and Flan stepped in.
03:25 I think they did a really good job.
03:27 But when you lose a guy like Dre, it's just tough.
03:31 And he's just such a fantastic football player.
03:34 And he's everything that the Niners stand for.
03:36 So to lose him, it really, really sucks for him.
03:39 How did you think the defense responded considering
03:41 they kind of called themselves out last night?
03:44 They played really well today.
03:47 You know, I think that's what our defense expects to do.
03:50 And yeah, they played really well.
03:52 And they needed to play well.
03:53 Gave us plenty of opportunities.
03:55 And we didn't take advantage of them.
03:56 Anybody else?
04:02 Sick.
04:04 Good?
04:05 Solid.
04:06 Thanks.