Sourdough Sam
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In his third NFL season, Kittle earned first team All-Pro honors following an 85-catch, 1,053-yard, five-touchdown performance in 2019. The tight end garnered those numbers while appearing in 14 games last season. His impact as a run blocker can't be overlooked, either. According to the site, Kittle is just one of two tight ends to rank among the best at his position in receiving and run-blocking (Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert). Kittle finished the season with a PFF grade of 95.0, their highest-graded player of 2019 and their highest mark ever for a tight end in the PFF era (since 2006).
PFF: Over the past decade, five of the top seven single-season PFF grades at tight end belong to Rob Gronkowski, but the grade George Kittle racked up last season tops any of them. Kittle, like Gronk, is an elite receiver at the position while also a rare blocker who becomes a matchup problem because he can dominate smaller players in that facet just as easily as he can win in the passing game. Last season was his first truly dominant year, but it was so good that it's tough not to rank him this highly based on what the future could hold.