Nobody loves playing football more than 49ers star tight end George Kittle. So when he signed his record-setting five-year, $75 million contract extension, general manager John Lynch had the perfect comparison for Kittle, one that made NBC Sports' Peter King's Quotes of the Week in his latest Football Morning in America.
“Brett Favre was the guy I probably respected the most because he had so much damn fun playing the game," Lynch said during his media availability after Kittle signed his new deal. "You look over in a tense game and he’s doing the YMCA in the huddle or something.