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Nationwide Tight Ends Day 2025: George Kittle, Dallas Goedert shine

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National Tight Ends Day 2025: George Kittle, Dallas Goedert shine

To most, it is simply one other Sunday in October. To NFL followers, it is a vacation: Nationwide Tight Ends Day

Since its unintended inception in 2018, the fourth weekend of October has turn into a day of celebration. It started in Week 2 of that 12 months when former San Francisco 49ers tight finish Garrett Celek caught an 11-yard landing go from former 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo in opposition to the Detroit Lions, dragging two defenders with him into the tip zone.

“We have been on the sidelines after [former 49ers tight end Garrett] Celek’s rating when Jimmy [Garoppolo] requested, ‘What’s it, like Nationwide Tight Ends Day?'” 49ers tight finish George Kittle recalled. “I used to be like, ‘yeah, it is Nationwide Tight Ends Day. It is a vacation. Tight ends everywhere in the league are scoring touchdowns.’ That is the way it got here to be. We simply type of rolled with it.”

Final 12 months, tight ends represented their place on the vacation by discovering the tip zone for a document 17 touchdowns, probably the most in a single week. The document since 2000 is 22 touchdowns, set in Week 1 of 2015. In addition they caught 177 passes, which is probably the most on a single day within the Tremendous Bowl period, in line with ESPN Analysis.

Will they surpass these marks on Sunday?

In honor of Nationwide Tight Ends Day, listed below are Week 8’s prime performs by the massive males on the transfer.

San Francisco 49ers, George Kittle

It is solely becoming that the founding father of the vacation discovered the tip zone on Sunday.

After the Houston Texans rushed out to a 16-0 lead, Kittle bought San Francisco on the scoreboard with a 17-yard reception for a landing on third-and-10.

Nevertheless, Kittle wasn’t the one 49ers tight finish in a celebratory temper.

The 49ers’ second rating of the day got here courtesy of Tonges’ 2-yard catch.

Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Goedert

In keeping with Goedert and the Eagles, Sunday marks “the best vacation there’s” — and he actually performed prefer it.

Goedert reached the tip zone twice, first with a 6-yard strike on the finish of the primary half and once more with a 17-yard reception within the fourth quarter.

New England Patriots, Hunter Henry

Henry was on the receiving finish of New England’s first landing of the day after hauling in a 7-yard go.

Cleveland Browns, Harold Fannin Jr.

Fannin Jr. was broad open on his first-quarter landing, creating 7.7 yards of separation, per NFL Subsequent Gen Stats, for the Browns’ most open receiving landing since one other tight finish’s — David Njoku in Week 14 of 2023.

David Njoku

The aforementioned veteran tight finish additionally joined in on the enjoyable with an 11-yard rating.

Baltimore Ravens, Charlie Kolar

Kolar is the third tight finish on Baltimore’s depth chart — and was the primary Raven to haul in a go for a receiving landing on Sunday along with his 11-yard rating.

New York Jets, Mason Taylor

Taylor’s rating gave the Jets a 39-38 lead within the closing two minutes, resulting in their first win of the season, with operating again Breece Corridor discovering him behind the tip zone on a trick play.

Honorable point out

Los Angeles Chargers, Oronde Gadsden II

Although he technically did not play on the vacation, Gadsden was actually within the spirit.

He kicked off the vacation with 5 receptions for 77 yards and a landing within the Chargers’ win on “Thursday Evening Soccer.”

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