On Thursday, an old NFC West rival got in on the fun — and delivered an important message along the way.
With the COVID-19 pandemic spiking in California and across the country, the San Francisco 49ers posted a PSA on Twitter encouraging their followers to wear masks.
What better way to do so than to relive one of the biggest plays of the 2019 season? George Kittle’s monster catch-and-run down the Superdome sideline in December ended with Saints defenders desperately clawing at Kittle to drag him to the ground.
And it presented a perfect in for a timely mask joke.