San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle has been playing like the best at his position in the NFL, and the Atlanta Falcons are going to do everything in their power to take him out of the equation. Kittle isn't afraid of creating contact and has been a headache for defenses to take down this year.
Falcons linebacker Foye Oluokun knows what Kittle is capable of and says it's going to take multiple hats to bring him down.
Per D. Orlando Ledbetter in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
“That’s just his style,” Falcons linebacker Foye Oluokun said. “He’s an aggressive runner. We have to get multiple hats to the ball and bring him down.”
Falcons coach Dan Quinn has also taken notice of how much success Kittle has after catching the ball.
“He’s really aggressive after the catch,” Falcons coach Dan Quinn said. “I think that’s the yards per catch. Sometimes you see that in man-to-man where he beats the guy and he’s going to play aggressively to break a tackle. He’s had good yards after contact.”
Quinn said they are going to have multiple players looking after him all game because they know trying to stop him with one isn't going to be enough. Quinn also said when the team is playing zone coverage they have to put extra emphasis on their tackling because otherwise they will be beaten for big gains.
“In zones you better make sure that your tackling is on point,” Quinn said. “In the pass game, you always have to beat the zone. There isn’t somebody guarding you like in man-to-man.”
The 49ers have a lot of playmakers the Falcons are going to need to take away but it's going to start with slowing down Kittle.
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