Bill Belichick indirectly puts George Kittle in same breath as Rob Gronkowski with high praise before Week 7

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It's not exactly a bold take to put in elite company when talking about the NFL's best tight ends. At the moment, he's either 1A or 1B to in Kansas City at the position in the NFL. That said, Bill Belichick did raise some eyebrows with his comments about the star tight end when speaking to San Francisco reporters on Monday prior to the ' Week 7 matchup with the on Sunday."Kittle is a great player," Belichick said, Cincinnati Reds Jersey via . "He does everything well. I'd put him right at the top of the league there, period. His ability to run, catch, get open, after the catch, block, he does everything at a high level. He's as good as anybody that I've coached or as good as anybody that we've played against."That's extremely high praise from Belichick, who has coached a number of legendary tight ends over the course of his career. That includes , who is widely looked at as the best tight end of his generation and arguably Matt Harvey Jersey of all-time. Belichick coached Gronkowski from 2010 to 2018 before the tight end decided to retire following New England's win over the in Super Bowl LIII. Over that stretch, Gronkowski earned three Super Bowl rings under Belichick, landed on the NFL's 100th Anniversary All-Time Team, and is currently the Patriots' all-time leader in touchdown receptions (79).Gronkowski, of course, has since come out of retirement to join fellow former Patriot on the Tampa Bay Buccanneers. While Belichick over his weekly opponent's star player, the rare air that the future Hall of Fame head coach put Kittle in is noteworthy.That said, it's not like the Niners tight end hasn't earned it. Coming into 2020, no tight end in NFL history has more receiving yards (2,945 Barry Larkin Jersey ) through his first three seasons than Kittle. He also broke Gronkowski's single-season record for most receiving yards (1,377) by a tight end in NFL history in 2018. Last season he earned first-team All-Pro honors and is currently on pace to go well Jesse Winker Jersey over a thousand yards receiving for the third time in his career and shatter his career reception totals."If you pay too much attention to him, he creates opportunities for some of their other outstanding players," Belichick said. "And if you don't pay enough attention to him, then he can kill you. So he's in a great system, he's a great player. I don't think there's a tight end in the league, and we've seen a lot of good ones and had a lot of good ones, but I don't think there's anybody in the league that does everything overall as well as he does. He just really doesn't have any weak points at all. Just outstanding at every phase of the game." Belichick will now spend the bulk of his week preparing for Kittle -- and old friend -- leading up Matt Kemp Jersey to when New England hosts the 49ers at Gillette Stadium for their Week 7 matchup that'll air on CBS.
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