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They say there's not a more difficult position in sports

than NFL quarterback.

But the truth is...

throwing a pass is only half the story.

Hut!

With all due respect to offensive linemen,

a quarterback's best friend is this guy.

The receiver.

The lightning quick wideout screaming down the field.

The sure-handed tight end posted up over the middle.

The fleet-footed technician toe-tapping along...

Peyton. Peyton. Peyton. This show is about receivers, right?

I love you and all, but why don't you pass this season off to me?

I promise you, it's in good hands.

Meyers to Moss. Moss is up...

- Caught! Touchdown! - What a catch! Yes!

What a great catch by Randy Moss.

Y'all gonna put that shit in y'all's book. I told you and I told you.

Touchdown.

It's always funny when people say a receiver has one job.

Catch the ball.

Oh! Catch the ball!

When catching the ball is mostly out of our hands.

Let's do this.

The play call...

- Twelve dwell. - ...the protection,

the quarterback looking our way,

so many things we have no control over have to go right...

I caught it.

...just for the chance to do our job.

I don't even know how I did that.

Why can't we just make it easy?

No matter how much you train, study, and practice,

when the ball is snapped, you can leave the defender in the dust

run the perfect route.

And have absolutely nothing to show for.

Catch the ball? Congrats, you're now a moving target.

Drop the ball? Sorry, you'll never hear the end of it.

Dropped again by Tony!

They call us divas despite our decoy routes.

They call us distractions despite all the damn blocking we do.

But no one seems to recognize the one thing we actually are...

Always open.

What a catch! Unbelievable.

Sometimes you just gotta be confident and go with it.

So this year we switched it up.

Those are my shoes.

Instead of giving quarterbacks even more love,

we follow five of the leagues best pass catchers

throughout the 2023 season.

You hear what I'm talking about. I'm here.

Davante Adams.

They gave me a lot of money to come here and score touchdowns.

Amon-Ra St. Brown.

- Who you got going to Super Bowl? - You guys.

My dog.

Justin Jefferson.

And they can't stop JJ.

He calls that dance "The Griddy."

They're gonna get every single bit of 18.

And a pair of 49ers.

Ooh, look what they got.

Deebo Samuel...

Hey, Deebo, we already won, man. I'm in his head.

...and George Kittle.

High five? Thank you.

We're going all in with the top receivers in the league,

as they balance their daily grind...

And it look good.

...with their pursuit of greatness.

Ten, five, touchdown!

They really cannot touch you. They're like, "You so big."

Achilles. He's done.

To get a new quarterback in the middle of the season,

it's a little difficult.

My benchmark is not wins and losses, it's greatness.

Let's go!

Don't you just love football?

God! What a fun sport.

You know the drill. Every hit...

...every hurt...

Oh, it was right in my dick.

...every high...

I fuckin' found you!

But hey, all they gotta do is catch the ball, right?

Is this the most amount of writing you do in a year?

This or... like I take notes on...

Yeah. I take notes in football but this is definitely my...

majority of my writing is this.

I'm George. I know you think the show's about just receivers and all.

But being a tight end, I get to do everything.

Yeah.

I do catch passes.

I like it.

I do score touchdowns.

I gotta block people. Pass protect people.

What's up, baby? Bring 'em both.

When you watch my tape, I want you to say,

"Wow, this guy gives it his all on every single play."

But I thoroughly like to show that I'm having

such a great time out there because football,

if you're not having fun, it gets stressful.

I don't want any of my teammates to be a stress ball of anxiety.

Oh, hey there.

Hey, am I too close? How close can I get?

♪...night I had Something so good ♪

♪ These days get so long And I got nothing to do ♪

National fucking tight end day, baby.

It's a holiday.

- George Kittle. - You ready?

- Always the character. - Yeah. One of a kind.

Bye-bye.

You can see his personality on the field

which isn't always the case with football players.

But when you watch him on the field, he's also trying to get after people.

He wants to be as physical as anybody and that's what makes him unique.

How much fun is this guy having?

Look at the reaction on the block.

♪ I been hangin' around This town on the corner... ♪

Don't cut. That's a great song.

Everybody sees George, you know, obviously,

as the fun, energetic teammate which he is.

Let's go, kid.

I'm just kidding. You're not a kid.

You're a grown-ass man.

But within our offense,

I mean, he can do everything.

He's the best all-around tight end in the league.

He blocks, he does everything right.

I done tripped over somebody's foot.

No, you didn't. That was all me.

I have games where I've had 210 yards, 180 yards.

If I don't have the opportunity to do that every week,

it doesn't matter, you're gonna see my best effort.

That may be the best catch he's ever made.

You see that catch?

I have games with one catch for one yard.

At the end of the day for me,

as long as I'm winning, I don't really care.

Yeah! You get a win! You get a win!

I love football.

I play the most fun position.

There's no other position like it besides maybe Deebo.

Good. You got championship power.

Keep that championship power.

Good. Good.

Reach in. There you go. Good.

My real name is Tyshun Raequan Samuel.

My dad gave me my nickname Deebo,

when I was, like, five, six years old.

My dad used to say I used to like to fight

and take stuff from kids so he related it

from the movie Friday, the character Deebo.

Oh, shit.

Here come Deebo, gimme your stuff.

Oh, shit.

Known for jacking a... That's all he do.

Damn.

What's up, Smoke?

I give you Deebo.

Caught by Deebo Samuel.

Deebo.

Look at Deebo go.

Deebo Samuel is so hard to bring down.

Runs right through that arm tackle.

He's so tough.

Have fun trying to tackle him when he's got

a head of steam going.

Where's your head?

Good job.

Where's your nose?

Good job.

Where's your ears?

Good job.

My girl Mahogany, we met my sophomore year of college.

We have a wonderful son now

that's about to be two years old at the end of this year.

Having a son changed Deebo a lot.

Like, before he, like, really strictly just football.

Where's Tyshun?

I think our son brings the soft side.

He gets at me, like, "Don't treat him like a baby."

But then he be like, "Come here."

I be like, "Boy, like... what are you doing?"

Two Deebos, big Deebo, little Deebo.

Get the ball. Get the ball.

My teammates was like, when I had my kid,

they seen I started playing way better

and they call it dad strength.

Hey, let's go, baby.

Hey, have a good day. Let's go, lock in.

When I go back and watch it, it is kind of crazy.

It did start happening.

Say, "Hey, George."

So now, like, rather than playing for me,

I'm like playing for my family and him. So...

Deebo Samuel is the most unique chess piece in the league.

- He's a Swiss Army knife. - He does it all.

We just do so much with Deebo within our offense.

He can run the ball, throw him the ball.

Go deep, short. You name it.

- Time to get going. Come on. - We got this.

When he has the ball in his hands,

he's pretty much different than everybody else.

The speed he can hit like a receiver, the cuts he make like a running back,

but kinda the density in his body,

that's a lot closer to a linebacker, a fullback.

Deebo 25, 20, breaks another tackle.

So, anytime you can get the ball in Deebo's hands,

it's a problem for the defense.

Touchdown!

Come on.

As a kid, you know, you just dream about the Super Bowl.

To this day, I still didn't won one.

We've been knocking at the door for the last four or five years.

My rookie year, we ended up making a run in the playoffs.

And here we go. Super Bowl 54.

Let's go!

Everybody watch the Super Bowl. Talk about the Super Bowl.

Just to be in it was just crazy.

What an incredibly difficult scene

this is for the 49ers to endure.

They were so close to winning the Super Bowl.

When you have very lofty goals

and you don't achieve them, it's not very fun.

I'm big into speaking things into existence.

Otherwise, it might not ever happen.

I will be back here.

I will be back here and I will be back

with motherfucking vengeance.

You will not get the best of me. No, sir.

For the 49ers, this game feels a lot like Super Bowl 54

and the loss to the Chiefs.

Yeah... Ugh...

Man, we just got this crazy taste in our mouth.

What is it gonna take to get over this hump to win one?

The 49ers are gonna lose

this NFC championship game.

And this one does hurt.

I do remember that feeling.

It's kind of a disbelief thing.

Like you can't believe that, that actually just happened.

But no one's gonna really feel sorry for me.

And I have another opportunity to play football this year.

And I will be back. With a motherfucking vengeance.

The 49ers are not only a talented team

knocking on the door,

they're a talented team that believe they should have

kicked in the door last year.

Let's go.

When we look at teams being highly motivated,

I don't think anybody has them beat in that department.

So the 49ers will win this game, thirty to seven.

Hey, slap hands.? Oh, thank you.

So the road is clear for this Niners team,

because this team is supposed to be great.

If they can keep healthy, they should win it all.

We have to win. We don't really have a choice.

I do think this is a year that they perceive as an important one

to cash in on this roster that they've built.

Deebo Samuel in the last four seasons

has only been healthy for a full year once.

Deebo breaks a tackle. Touchdown!

With this core of players, it's this year and that's it.

We are inevitable.

We are inevitable.

Come on.

Watch.

Yep.

Two. Single.

Yeah.

Nice.

I started playing sports around four or five years old.

Me and my two brothers.

My dad was super strict on us.

Super tough on us,

um, athletically.

This big Amon-Ra right there.

Proud of you, big boy.

You said "Papa, is this the..." What'd you say?

- Beginning of the program. - It goes to show

we got a good program now.

It's the first step to victory on our way to NFL.

My dad was a two-time Mr. Universe,

three-time Mr. World bodybuilder.

I know I'm a father,

but I'm freaking Mr. Universe two times.

I know what I'm talking about when it comes to this stuff.

He was a beast.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

He kind of, you know, instilled that discipline into me.

Just breathe. Think about it. Get your mind right.

I told him, "Look, the plan is to go to the NFL."

I knew that if they could reach the pinnacle,

there's a good reward at the end.

Growing up, playing football...

...one of the kids that we were playing against

had really good hands.

Amon.

- Shitty game. - Hey, hey.

I know, but we gotta get better, right?

- Yeah. - That's right.

My dad goes up to his dad,

being the guy he is and asks, "What do you guys do?

Your son's hands are really good."

And he goes, "We have a JUGS Machine and we catch 200 balls a day."

And so he got the JUGS Machine and he is like,

"If he's gonna catch 200, we gotta catch 202.

We gotta be better than him."

So after practice I catch 202 balls on the JUGS Machine every day.

Amon-Ra St. Brown.

He's a guy who was taught a work ethic by his dad.

He has more receptions in his first three years

than any Detroit Lion.

And nobody saw that coming on draft night.

Draft weekend was... it was a shitty experience for me.

99% of people think it's one of the best times of your life,

which it is if you go, you know, top ten.

For me, it was a lot of time before I got drafted.

I can name the 16 guys, you know, drafted before me.

Ja'Marr Chase, LSU. Jaylen Waddle, Alabama.

DeVonta Smith, Alabama. Kadarius Toney, Florida.

Rashod Bateman, Minnesota. Elijah Moore, Ole Miss.

Rondale Moore, Purdue.

D'Wayne Eskridge, Western Michigan.

Terrace Marshall, LSU.

Tutu Atwell, Louisville.

Amari Rodgers, Clemson. Nico Collins, Michigan.

Anthony Schwartz, Auburn. Josh Palmer, Tennessee.

Dyami Brown, UNC. Dez Fitzpatrick, Louisville.

You know, I have a list of the receivers in my notebook written out.

I read it every day before practice, before a game.

Just to remind myself that there was a point

before getting into this league

that people thought, "I don't know if he can do it."

My goals are written on that page. 1500 yards and ten touchdowns.

It's not something I share, but it's a reminder for myself.

Once I read that notebook, it just reminds me like,

"Oh, yeah, it's on, let's go." I'm ready to go every time.

The only thing good about draft day was the Lions drafted me.

The Lions haven't won a division title in 30 years

and definitely tough times.

I mean, me being a kid growing up,

they didn't even get many national TV games.

I don't even remember watching Lions games as a kid

because they just weren't shown.

We feel like as a team that we just gotta start

better than we did last year.

Try to win this division this year. We feel like we have a good shot.

The Lions are looking to be more than just being competitive.

They're looking at a deep run in the playoffs.

We want to make the playoffs. That's our goal.

The Lions are trying to win a playoff game.

They haven't done that in 31 years.

They've never been to the Super Bowl.

But in Michigan, the anticipation is through the roof.

A lot of you know...

Where we've been as a core really lines up perfectly

with St. Brown.

Where he's gone. We've gone.

And it's why he's part of the foundation here.

One thing about Amon-Ra St. Brown

is he's a guy that is gonna be in the middle of the football field.

There is zero fear when it comes to receiving from Amon-Ra St. Brown.

He's one of my favorite young players.

You look at us last year, you know we started, what,

one in six, end up nine and eight.

Going into this season,

we wanna start on a high note,

be able to win some games early on.

We have high expectations.

Let's go!

We wanna make it to the playoffs.

The season opener will feature

the Super Bowl champion, Chiefs, hosting the up-and-coming Detroit Lions.

You're playing against the defending champs.

Take this opportunity to show the world what type of team that you have.

Detroit needs to win this game, right?

Okay. If you are a grownup, Detroit Lions, win the game.

Beat the Chiefs.

They're technically the best team in football right now.

Coming off the Super Bowl win.

Kind of tests where we stand as a team.

We've been waiting for this moment.

From the beginning to the end, we dominate.

- "Chiefs" on three. One, two, three. - Chiefs!

You know who you're playing

on the other side, you're playing the MVP.

Hop back around right. So do a left dirty...

I was excited.

I've never played at Arrowhead so...

Being able to show everyone the work that we've put in

throughout spring, throughout camp,

and just to put it on display...

That was the best part.

Eighty! Set, hut!

There's the snap. Jared back. Looking, looking.

Throwing, middle.

Caught. Touchdown, Detroit Lions!

Whoa, baby. Amon-Ra St. Brown.

The play worked out perfectly how we thought it would.

And I'm big on celebrations.

Once you get in the end zone, you better have a plan.

I don't do anything weak. If I dance, I need it to go viral.

I was looking around for the camera, I found him,

I pointed at him, I waited for him to get close

and then I hit my celebration.

It was basically some pumps, whatever you wanna call it.

♪ I'm bringing you a love that's true So get ready ♪

♪ So get ready ♪

♪ I'm gonna try to make you Love me too ♪

♪ So get ready... ♪

The head official had come up to me

and he said, "Hey, listen, that was a little excessive.

Had he gone one more hip thrust there,

I was gonna throw the flag."

And so luckily, he was right below the line there.

It's life imitating art.

Into the end zone and McCringleberry pulls it down.

He's got it.

I have seen the Key & Peele skit with the pumps.

I think it's a funny skit with the ref.

I'll tell you, man, he's...

Oh, see, now there's two pumps.

He's really testing the boundaries

and he's gotten the ref's attention here.

A third pump will draw a flag no matter what.

He just did it again.

I don't think my celebration was a pump. I think it was more like

more hand movement than hip thrusting.

But you can be the judge of that.

♪ Hope I get to you before they do ♪

♪ The way I planned it Be outta sight... ♪

We got too much steal. Let's go.

You've gotta be happy for this team.

Throwing to the end zone. Touchdown, Detroit Lions!

This is a milestone moment for them to come in here and get this win.

To beat the defending Super Bowl champs at their place,

it didn't feel like we made it yet,

just 'cause it was one game,

but we felt like we were trending in the right direction.

To be able to go out to their place and get that W, it was special.

I know it's only one game, guys,

but two years ago where this team was,

to now coming in,

knocking off the defending Super Bowl champions...

it's a new era, boys.

Claire, you have all the...

- Passes? Yeah. - Okay.

I go to every game.

Ready? Will you close that door, Ray?

- Yeah. - Okay, come on.

We take a bus to all the home and away games.

Because we have, like, nine immediate family members.

All of our friends and family who come in week to week.

We always get a party bus. We love a party bus moment.

It's a very high-energy bus.

Cheers, cheers.

- Cheers. - Love ya.

You're too far away.

♪ George Kittle, hit me down the middle ♪

♪ Hit the weight room if you too little ♪

♪ George Kittle, hit me down the middle ♪

♪ Hit the weight room if you too little ♪

♪ 8-5, 8-5, 8-5, 8-5 about to Take them stateside, go crazy... ♪

All right, we're here, guys.

Thursday Night Football,

San Francisco and New York, here in week number three.

George loves to like look out on the sideline

and see his mom, dad, and I.

It's definitely become a pregame ritual.

Here we go.

- Hey. - Yeah, buddy.

- How are you? - Good, how are you? I got it.

- Thanks, baby. - How are you?

- I'm wonderful. - You look good.

- I feel pretty cute today. - Kick some ass.

- I will. - Kick some ass. Let's go.

♪ No, really though, how the fuck You finna' guard me? ♪

♪ 'Cause I rep 4-9 an All Star team... ♪

Pass caught by Kittle, stiff arm.

Stays in bounds.

What's up?

Yeah! Good job, G!

Good job, George! Let's go, baby!

♪ 8-5, 8-5, 8-5 About to take them stateside, go crazy ♪

♪ 8-5, 8-5, 8-5, 8-5 About to take them stateside, go crazy ♪

You just ran his ass, slap, over.

If you approach me like this,

it's like... "Come on, man. What are you doing?"

That's fun to find green grass.

I don't know if there's any more fun in football

- than just being grass. It's like... - Man.

- Yo, Deebo? - Yo?

From the start of the season, the vibes was through the roof.

Everybody had all the confidence in the world with what we had.

Deebo lines up as a wide receiver outside the numbers right.

Purdy back, time, goes over the middle.

Caught by Deebo Samuel, makes a man miss.

A second man.

A third man. He runs out of his tackle.

A fourth man.

Deebo can't be tackled.

You better not! Let's go!

You a dog, boy. You a dog.

He's crazy.

I just try to not get in his way.

We've been waiting on that shit all game.

- Bing-bong. - Yeah. Dude, that was sick.

Seriously though, what goes through your mind?

How'd you do that?

Bro, I swear it just... it just happen.

I don't like to get tackled.

Like, this isn't even high school.

These are grown men.

Makes no sense.

He's not easy to tackle.

He's got a strong lower half and his legs are always moving.

And as long as we can get the ball in Deebo's hands,

we always got a shot.

Here's Purdy, gonna throw deep for Deebo.

Touchdown!

Good catch, Deebo!

He runs a little stutter and go.

Throws it to the back shoulder and Deebo Samuel

just snatches it right outta the air.

Wow. Deebo Samuel.

Six catches through 1:29, and the touchdown.

Hey, everybody!

And then George Kittle had seven tonight in 90 yards.

Who wants it? Anybody? Anybody?

George!

Yes.

We just gotta keep doing what we doing.

I think we're averaging 30 points a game

and we just gotta keep doing that and I think we'll be pretty good.

49ers, 3-0 start.

Big win here for the Niners to get a win

and then have some time off.

Thank you, guys. You guys get home safe.

I used to not really like Thursday night games,

and now I absolutely love Thursday night football.

You play the game, but then you get Friday, Saturday,

Sunday off.

And if you take advantage of that time off for your body,

you can really treat it as like a mini bye-week.

And so Claire has this awesome idea.

We're gonna go up to Half Moon Bay.

I absolutely love the ocean

and being able to spend time alone with my wife,

my dog, it's like a big recharge.

You know, my wife's like my battery and she recharges me.

Hey, Claire?

Yeah?

You want s'mores?

How can I have some more of something?

I haven't had anything yet.

I know you're just pushing my buttons.

You know what that's from, right?

- Sandlot. I know. - Icon...

Just going along with it. "How can I have

- some more of something..." - Iconic movie.

I feel like this is all we did when we were kids in Iowa.

- It's on fire. - Yep. Blow it out.

Dang it.

Okay. Well, the other side is not quite there.

I'm just gonna stay up here.

My wife, Claire...

Oh, dear.

...we have been together since 2013.

I met George our freshman year at the University of Iowa.

I played basketball there.

I had a moped

and I was getting on it to go to basketball practice,

putting my helmet on and he walks up

and he goes, "Nice helmet."

I was like, "Thanks. We wear them for basketball."

Just put my helmet on and drove away.

Touchdown, George Kittle.

From then on,

it was just like we were really good friends.

And it just kind of naturally progressed into...

more than a friendship.

We got engaged in 2018.

Married in 2019.

Her support for me in the last ten years

and specifically in my NFL career

is instrumental to where I am today.

He is always smiling, he is always positive

and just like a big teddy bear. He's a rare breed.

You tell me. How's that look?

That looks like creme brulée. Oh, careful.

It's sliding.

- Oh, my gosh. That's incredible. - That's perfect.

Thank you.

I'm somewhat of a professional.

Every single day when I get outta bed,

she looks to me and she goes, "Hey, go kick some ass today."

That's tasty.

She's been at every single game, every road trip.

When you know you have someone like that that has your back,

no matter what happens, it's a special feeling.

And I owe so much to her for everything that she does for me.

- It's not that good. - You wouldn't like it.

- You wouldn't like it. - You wouldn't like it at all.

German breakfast is another one, you know?

Bread, rolls, sausage...

But a typical German meal is what?

Everything with pork.

I actually can read, write, and speak German fluently, everything.

I text my mom in German.

My mother, she's born and raised in Germany.

My dad competed in Germany a lot.

Ended up meeting my mom there.

Going back to when I was a kid,

she would make us do ten vocab words a day, every day.

If we wanted to go out with our friends,

we had to make sure we get those ten vocab words.

On our way to school, we'd read ten minutes

of a German book that she picked.

I hated that. But now looking back on it,

I'm so glad that we did do that.

I forgot my glasses. Can you just read it for me?

Take a look at yourself.

No, I forgot them.

They're on your head.

Ah, right!

- What did you ask me? - Touchdown celebration.

Brooklyn, you always involved with that, right?

I didn't like that.

You thought that that was me. That was not me.

- It was you. - It was not me. No.

You said you guys you had been working on it.

You have my dad calling me being like,

"Oh, my God, John's so mad at you because of the hip thrust."

You told me you guys were working on celebrations.

I did not agree to that.

I agreed to the Baltimore strut that I thought he was gonna do.

- I'm thinking... - That's the one we practiced.

- I did not agree with the hip... - I'm like, "Oh my God.

Don't do that. Stop."

He called me so mad.

Gave me an entire lecture on how inappropriate that is

and how could I ever teach his son that.

- People loved it. - No.

- No. - I was like, "Are you kidding me?"

You can't do that.

When I saw it, I thought, "Oh, Lord have mercy."

That was not me. That was him.

What's your goal for tomorrow?

The goal is two touchdowns, at least, every game.

I believe you can do that easy...

if the opportunity is given. Right?

It's hard to do.

Look at Amon-Ra St. Brown, one of the best receivers in the NFL.

He's their number one guy by far.

Throw me the fucking ball. I do this shit.

He's one tough guy, no doubt about it.

Receivers, you never know what happens.

We get hit right when we catch it,

right when we touch the ground, whatever it is.

We definitely get exposed to a bunch of different hits

that we can take during a game.

- When I move my arms, my torso... - Got it.

Jared's got it, back to throw, looking...

throwing, middle, caught. Amon-Ra inside the 15

and he goes down to the 12-yard line.

He's hit. You okay?

Fuck.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, slow to get up.

- Ankle? - My toe.

Take a sec here. Take a sec.

I got hurt.

As I was going down, the defender like kind of

rolled down on me

and my toe got stuck in the ground and overbent.

And I was like, "This doesn't feel right."

So I got up, limped off to the sideline.

Straight to the bench. I got you.

But my toe was still killing me.

I was like, "Everything's not going right for me."

He's gonna tape you and we're gonna put

a steel shank in both your feet. You cool with that?

That'll help protect it the most.

If after one drive that steel shank's too much,

- we'll take it out. - Can I just do one shank?

You wanna match 'em up. You don't wanna be off.

The week after the Seahawks, against Atlanta,

I was able to play.

First ball I catch,

I turn up and I get hit, like, right on my side.

I've had a hip pointer before so I thought it was a hip pointer.

I'm like, "Maybe it's just a bruise."

Hold on. Pull it down all the way. Keep pulling it.

Yep. All over there. The oblique. Yep.

Everywhere and lower on my hip.

More in the front. Right here. Right there.

And I'm like, "Damn." My toe's still hurting at this point.

Yep.

Now I have this oblique injury.

- Good game, bro. - Good shit, bro.

- Keep going. - Yes, sir.

But we have a Thursday game after Atlanta so I can...

I can barely... I mean, I'm running

but the pain is like... Outta ten is like at a eight or nine.

And it's too late for me not to play, the game plan's in.

Painkillers is something that I really don't like to take unless...

unless it's the Packers.

Lambeau Field in Green Bay,

week four in the National Football League.

For many years, this has been a house of horrors for the Lions.

Of course, the Lions, anything but a laughingstock anymore.

This team looks legitimate and for real.

- Brand-new Lions. - Brand-new Lions, baby.

Dan Campbell has a team that all of a sudden doesn't hope to win,

they expect to win football games.

That's new for Detroit.

Let's see if they're ready for this day, Lambeau, divisional rival.

This is a real opportunity for them to take that next step.

Going to that Green Bay game, I had a steel plate in my cleat,

which kind of prevents your toes from bending as much.

- Hey. - Take the other one out too.

No, no, no. I got just got my steel plate in.

- How you doing? - How are you?

- Does your plate look like this? - Yeah.

- Which foot is it in? - Right.

- Right? - Yep.

Feeling better? Wearing it tonight?

- Yeah. - Go kill 'em.

Thank you.

One-twenty!

Set, hut!

Goff...

Deep again, wide open.

Making the grab and taking it in is St. Brown.

Amon-Ra St. Brown

Lambeau leap right into the arms of some Lions fans.

That one was fun, baby.

So it is the Lions, seven, and the Packers, three.

I've always wanted to Lambeau Leap.

I've never done it. Now I'm a Lambeau Leap.

So I'm looking around for a Lions fan

and I see two jerseys to my left.

I go over there, jump in the stands...

...and as I'm celebrating with them,

I feel something in my jersey, but I'm not sure what it is.

- Let's fucking go! - Great fucking job.

After the game, I look at my phone

and one of my friends texted me the video of a girl pouring beer on me.

I'm like, "I didn't even know that happened."

You reek of beer. What's your BAC right now?

I came to the locker room after

and my girlfriend sent me video of them pouring beer on me.

I did feel something wet. I'm like, "I wonder what it is."

So I go on Twitter and I see this lady pouring beer all over him.

I'm mad. I'm over here like, "Lady, seriously?"

I was a little tipsy as I got... as I came down.

In a weird way, is it like a badge of honor?

I have no idea. I mean, I lost my Lambeau Leap virginity.

After that Green Bay game,

I go home and it just... it's like on the side by

where your oblique is, it's just killing me.

I was like, "Fuck, this doesn't feel right."

Get an MRI and they tell me,

"You tore your oblique completely off the bone."

And I'm like, "Damn, really?"

At this point, I'm like, "Okay, I don't know what to expect

'cause you know something torn off the bone doesn't sound right to me."

No Amon-Ra St. Brown today.

He may be able to play and he may be able to function,

but if this thing tears even just a little bit more,

you're talking about six weeks, you're talking eight weeks.

There's that kind of risk/reward.

Is it worth it for this week versus the long term?

And that will be the end of this game.

They beat Carolina and remain atop the NFC North.

- What a day to have. - Everyday!

Bring it up! I got you.

All right, boys, Dallas week, have some fun.

We've got Sunday Night Football, only show on television.

Enjoy yourself. Get better at one thing today.

Niners on three! One, two, three!

- Niners! - Be great today.

The Cowboys, they're a really good team.

They got a really good defense and we knew them coming in,

all the hype around the Niners and the Cowboys rivalry

been going on for a while.

It was gonna be a little different.

Last full practice of the week. Do something with it.

When you're of a certain age, you see 49ers-Cowboys,

you think about all those great games in the '90s,

the NFC Championship matchups.

These are two of the most storied franchises in history.

How 'bout them Cowboys?

There's anger, feuds.

The two organizations go back with their history.

So everybody was pretty juiced up for that game

and ready to roll.

Dallas game, the week of,

I kept getting tagged in these photos of Gary Plummer

and I screenshot that and set that as my phone background,

just because I like to

establish a mindset going in every single week.

I was like, "Let's reignite this rivalry just a little bit."

Let's put it as simply as we can,

the 49ers through a quarter of the season,

have shown themselves to be the best team in the NFL.

Set!

Cowboys are gonna go in there and try

and prove they belong right next to them.

The Niners, who have the Cowboys this weekend,

have a chance to really cement,

"We are the daddies of the NFC."

Running that. There you go.

And I'm excited to watch that whole thing take over.

It shapes up as the biggest game of the NFL season so far.

Yay!

It's a bigger game for them than it is for us.

Just keep this even-keeled focus.

And we'll go in and handle our business just like we always do.

- Look at you. - Hi, wifey.

You look so good.

It's George's birthday tomorrow.

I'm gonna send y'all a bottle just for his birthday.

Sweet angel.

We flew all his friends in as a surprise.

That's so sweet. You gotta record it.

- I know. - I'll see you around.

We'll see you on the field in two seconds.

- Okay. - See you, honey.

Boys, I'm gonna take your photo.

So his birthday's in October and that means football.

So I was like, "We need to... It's your 30th birthday,

we gotta do something awesome, something fun."

And that means having a party at the house

and just bringing all of his best friends in

to support and celebrate him, and go to the game.

Okay, we're good. We gotta go.

He does have an obsession with sneakers for sure.

That's all he ever wants.

- It's the birthday boy. - Hey, baby.

How are you?

Go get 'em, dawg.

We are decorating the house with all of his favorite things

for this really amazing surprise 30th birthday party.

We welcome you to Levi's Stadium

for week five of Sunday Night Football.

A couple of long-time rivals with Super Bowl aspirations

- meeting up tonight. - Let's go, let's go.

♪ This is not a game This is real life ♪

♪ Ready or not There's a war comin' ♪

♪ We ain't gonna stop We gonna hit the floor runnin' ♪

♪ They can't understand What this feels like ♪

♪ This is not a game This is real life... ♪

Yeah!

To date, it's the best matchup of the 2023 NFL season.

Hey, man, they looking at this like the Super Bowl, man.

This is just another game on the schedule, man.

Let's go punch them, show them what we do.

- "Niners" on two. One, two. - I can't remember a game

this early in the season with this kind of hype.

- Let's go, boy! - Have a day.

- All right, boys. - Okay.

Before the game, I actually just say a little prayer.

Just wish for his safety and his health

and that he can lead the team and be a positive leader

and also pray for a win.

Good job. You missed it.

First and ten, 49ers in the opening quarter.

Great play. I'm going to 33.

Three receivers left. Kittle, Jennings, Deebo from in to out.

Aiyuk is right.

Purdy, back... time. Steps around from the markers

low and throws for the end zone... Caught! George Kittle!

- Touchdown! - Yes, G!

Yeah! Let's go!

What a start. First try for this offense.

First touchdown catch of the season

for the 49ers All-Pro tight end.

One time for the birthday boy!

Yeah, G!

George. Hey man, let's go, man. Let's tighten this up.

And good field position for the 49ers

at the Cowboys 38-yard line.

Hey, just score on this one. I'll see you in the end zone.

There's George Kittle going in motion right.

- Triple. White. - Purdy waits,

gets the snap, turns, hands it off to McCaffrey

flips it to Samuel, back to Purdy.

Looking deep down the right side, throws.

Kittle wide open! To the ten, to the five...

Touchdown, 49ers!

Second of the game for George Kittle.

This place is going nuts.

Good shit, boy! Let's go! Let's go!

- What's up, baby? - Yeah!

Fourteen-nothing, San Francisco lead.

Second touchdown against Dallas was...

"You gotta be kidding me."

Two catches, two touchdowns. I'll take that stat line.

Let's fucking go!

Hey, Brock! Hey, Brock!

Have a day, boy.

You thought I was throwin' it?

I thought you had it. I thought you was throwin' it.

I get the reverse and then toss it back to Brock.

That's always fun. Let's go three?

Why not? Why the fuck not, baby?

Told my old man that you were gonna score today.

- I said two and now I want three. - Yeah.

You went to this with us in Vegas, didn't you?

Say what?

We went to Bruno Mars together, didn't we?

- Yeah, with Kirk Cousins. - And him.

- Christian McCaffrey. - Bruno Mars?

One of the best concerts I've ever been to.

No phones and just a bunch of dudes hanging out.

Dancing. That sounded suspect, but... it was a great time.

Look, let's watch Dada. Let's watch Dada.

Let's watch Dada. Let's watch Dada.

Come on, Deebo.

First in goal with Purdy in the gun.

Deebo Samuel is in the backfield. He slides out to his right.

Deebo jumps right, Purdy gonna throw, throws for Deebo,

caught it on the goal line, breaks a tackle

and fights down to the two-yard line.

Come on! Come on!

Deebo got blasted.

Phenomenal job by Deebo Samuel not reaching out

after that initial contact was made,

the Cowboy defender was second to make the tackle.

Was waiting for him to put that ball out.

Just knock it out.

Wise move by the veteran Deebo Samuel

to get down with possession.

Hey, way to not dive. Great job, you monster.

I can't believe I ain't score. That's not Deebo-ish.

- It's very not Deebo. - I owe you one.

- For what? - That.

I was scared you were gonna reach.

Nah, I wasn't gonna reach. I seen the dude.

I seen the dude coming from the left.

Good shit, dude.

Third and 14. Shotgun, snap, Purdy back to pass.

Looking, has time, goes deep down the middle.

Samuel makes the catch at the 40.

Forty-two yards. Brock Purdy to Deebo Samuel.

Damn!

Beautiful route from Deebo Samuel.

49ers looking to blow the game open now, up 21-10.

Play action. Purdy gonna roll left,

throw for the end zone... Caught by George Kittle!

Kittle's first three-touchdown game of his NFL career.

♪ Go, shawty It's your birthday ♪

♪ We gon' party Like it's your birthday ♪

♪ We gon' sip Bacardi Like it's your birthday... ♪

For the ball to land in my hands, it felt like it took 20 seconds.

I was like, "There's no way I'm this open.

There's no way he threw me the ball.

There's no way I'm about to score three touchdowns."

Caught. And I was like, "Oh, that was just so cool."

♪ You can find me in the club Bottle full of bub ♪

♪ Mama, I got what you need If you need to feel a buzz... ♪

Go, baby!

Oh, my goodness, what a day!

Happy birthday, Kittle.

Happy birthday to me.

Three? Three? Are you kidding me?

Let's go, bro.

Kittle, Kittle, Kittle. Kittle, Kittle, Kittle.

He's having a out-of-body experience.

Out-of-body experience.

I think I have three catches for three touchdowns.

That's a fucking stat line, boys.

Don't get tackled, just score.

Happy birthday, George.

Thank you, guys.

- Dude, three? - Three. Yeah.

I had a shirt made. I had a bunch of shirts made, actually.

I gave 'em to the tight ends. I was the only one that wore it.

This one?

Wore it under the pads. Showed it off.

- Fuck Dallas. - That's fuckin' awesome.

- Fucking sick. - Hell yeah.

Hey, Deebo. I pulled it out.

I seen.

George's Kittle's rude.

How much of a fine is that? Fifteen?

I ain't got nothing to do with that.

Will you pay half?

I'm gonna get fined so much money.

You think so? How much?

Anywhere from five to thirty-five.

It was $15,000.

And I don't regret it one bit. Not one bit.

And I might do it again if given the opportunity.

We are going to the Super Bowl for sure.

Like we're going to the Super Bowl and winning.

Hey!

I was telling Deebo...

We never had a team like this.

It's a little different.

I ain't trying to toot the horn too much, we pretty good.

The San Francisco 49ers

with a dominating performance on Sunday night.

San Francisco goes to 5-0.

Where's my family at?

Big game for George Kittle tonight.

He had three touchdown receptions,

had not had one all year but he caught three passes,

all of them for touchdowns. Just a phenomenal game.

We've been working together now in our fifth year

and we've seen this team go to the NFC title game

three of four years.

The Super Bowl, the first year. This is the best team...

- No question. - ...we've seen.

This is the best team the Niners have had for a long time.

- Niners on three! One, two, three! - Niners!

Come here, baby.

Let's fucking go. That's fun.

Three for 30, man. That's a fucking day.

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

- I gotta get Eric. - Get Eric.

♪ Happy birthday, dear...

Claire surprised me by inviting a bunch of my friends into town

and they all kind of showed up on different days.

Hey, boys.

She tells me that I'm really hard to buy presents for because you know,

I buy stuff for myself.

That was another good surprise. Good job, Eric.

So she likes to surprise me with things that doesn't have a price on it.

Hey, three for 30.

Fuck yeah!

Hey, let's get on the bus and go home.

George! George! George!

After the game, we had this huge party bus.

You guys like my bus?

All aboard! The George Kittle bus.

This is gonna be rowdy, boys.

Being able to be on that bus and ride home with everybody...

drink a couple brewskis.

Yes! Let's go!

So that was awesome.

Just to have my friends show up for me.

Just an all-around incredible experience.

Four! Four!

And I'm just very blessed to have that.

You're amazing.

Eric's been singing you "Happy Birthday."

I know!

Yeah!

Bosa?

What? Hi, Deenie.

And then my wife, she surprised me too by having

some of my teammates come over. That was pretty incredible.

What the heck?

You beat us.

- Am I the biggest surprise? - Yeah. What's up, dude?

Bosa even showed up, which is... It's hard to get Bosa outta the house.

♪ Happy birthday, dear George ♪

Let's go.

You hung my sneakers? Those are my shoes!

- I love you. - This is amazing.

- Have fun. - All right.

When you start the season off 5-0,

it's fantastic because it puts you out ahead.

To celebrate that while celebrating my birthday was awesome.

Thanks for coming, man. You're incredible.

Okay, ready?

You feel good 'cause you have momentum.

But at the same time, you're also just ready to keep going

and ready to keep playing.

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

Thank you!

Come guard me! Come guard me!

You know I have the alter ego.

I have Jets and I have Justin.

Him and Davante Adams are the best route runners.

What is that?

Garoppolo throws the slant.

Oh, you mother...

I gotta get outta here before I lose my fucking life.

Omaha.