The $19.1 million average annual value tops the previous record for a tight end of $19 million set earlier this offseason when Trey McBride resigned with Arizona.

The 49ers disappointingly finished last in the NFC West with a 6-11 record, but Kittle was one of the team's few bright spots. He put forth a strong season with 78 catches for 1,106 yards and eight touchdowns across 15 games on his way to earning his sixth career Pro Bowl selection and second-team All-Pro honors.

Among the chief groups more critical of the 49ers' draft is the Pro Football Network. They believe the 49ers reached on a great deal of their picks and didn't do enough to fix their offensive holes.

The San Francisco 49ers had a busy three days in the 2025 NFL Draft. Not only did they come into the draft with 11 picks, perhaps the most surprising element was that they used all of them, neither trading up nor down in any of the draft's seven rounds.

The San Francisco 49ers entered the 2025 NFL Draft with the air of a team in transition. After years of pushing all their chips into Super Bowl contention, the roster finally began to show cracks. A bruising free agency period also left them reeling on both sides of the trenches.