George Kittle Explains How Jimmy Garoppolo Speech Propelled 49ers Past Packers

The San Francisco 49ers pulled off their best win of the 2019 season Sunday, dominating Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers 37-8, and tight end George Kittle praised QB Jimmy Garoppolo afterward:

"I think my favorite thing in the game was, I think it was after our third drive, we scored right away then had two three-and-outs that weren't very good. Jimmy got the whole offense together. He was like: 'Hey, you gotta play with intensity. Our defense is playing their asses off, and we've just got to take advantage of the opportunities they're giving us. Because Aaron Rodgers is one heck of a quarterback, a Hall of Fame quarterback. We just can't give him the opportunity to come back and beat us.'

"That was really awesome. Everything after that just kind of took off because of what Jimmy said."

Garoppolo threw for 253 yards and two touchdowns to lead a 49ers offense that consistently found itself in good field position thanks to its dominating defense.

"I think it's because of the person that [Garoppolo] is, the humility that he has," tackle Mike McGlinchey told Chris Biderman of the Sacramento Bee. "There's not a lot of guys in his position that do the things that he does as just a normal everyday guy. I think that's part of it. I think he just prepares harder than everybody else. It's a mix of just being a great football player and a great person. And when you are those things, it's really easy to fall in line."

Kittle, playing through pain less than a month after suffering a broken bone in his ankle, hauled in six passes for 129 yards—highlighted by a 61-yard touchdown in the third quarter. It was his second 100-yard receiving game of the season and his seventh contest with at least six receptions.

The 49ers' victory kept them one game ahead of the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC West while also holding their inside track for the conference's top seed. That could be determined in two weeks when San Francisco visits the New Orleans Saints, a game that will end one of the most difficult three-game stretches any team has faced all season.

With trips to Baltimore and New Orleans coming up, the 49ers appear to have all the confidence in the world thanks to their budding star quarterback and elite defense.

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