The Athletic Football Show on George Kittle

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From the episode

when you can spit a middle screen to your tight end and have him take it 60 yards for a touchdown, it's a good place to be as an offense. The tight end coming off of an ACL injury, by the way, like the fact that he has Achilles, Achilles, sorry. Achilles eight and a half months ago. The fact that he has as much gas as he does is completely insane to me.

Mentioned at 67:00 – 68:00

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Kittle 60-yard TD screen; 8.5 months post-Achilles injury with elite explosiveness.

Kittle took a middle screen 60 yards for a touchdown in Week 4 against Denver, just 8.5 months after suffering an Achilles injury. The source expresses amazement at the amount of explosiveness and gas Kittle has recovered post-injury, calling it "completely insane."