
In line with Claire Kittle, the spouse of San Francisco 49ers star George Kittle, there’s nonetheless motive for optimism within the midst of a massively disappointing season for the franchise.
The 49ers formally noticed their playoff possibilities evaporate on Sunday, December 22, one season faraway from successful the NFC and taking the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs to additional time in February’s Tremendous Bowl LVIII.
In an unique interview with Us Weekly on Wednesday, December 18, simply days earlier than the 49ers’ playoff aspirations had completely expired, Claire, 30, gushed in regards to the camaraderie contained in the San Francisco locker room.
“We have now such an amazing group of men they usually all actually love one another and hang around outdoors of soccer,” mentioned Claire, who spoke to Us whereas selling the Kittles’ collaboration with Zenni Optical. “They only get pleasure from spending time with one another and maintaining that optimistic gentle.”
Claire added, “They genuinely get pleasure from each other. That’s all the time good as a result of that’s positively not the case in each locker room.”
Nonetheless, Claire couldn’t assist however acknowledge the elephant within the room: the workforce’s dropping report.

“They’re opponents, they’re skilled athletes. They wish to win and wish to achieve success,” Claire mentioned. “So yeah, after all there’s some degree of disappointment. However you simply take it as a studying expertise and also you attempt to actually capitalize on the moments that you’ve got left, as a result of annually is so vastly totally different.”
She continued, “Groups change, you understand? You don’t know when you’re going to play with your mates once more or when you’re even going to be on the identical workforce. So far as George, he actually tries to concentrate on that and make it a very good expertise for everyone.”
The 49ers have been formally eradicated from playoff competition when the Washington Commanders and Los Angeles Rams, each forward of them within the NFC standings, gained their respective video games on Sunday. The Niners would then lose to the Miami Dolphins 29-17 on Sunday afternoon.
San Francisco has two video games remaining on their schedule: Monday, December 30 at residence towards the Detroit Lions and Sunday, January 5 on the Arizona Cardinals.
Whereas the soccer season hasn’t precisely gone as deliberate, Claire thanked the scheduling gods for permitting the couple — who obtained married in April 2019 — to spend the vacation season at residence.

“We have been simply speaking about it yesterday taking a look at our schedule and we have been like, ‘I don’t know that we’ve got ever had a Christmas Day simply the 2 of us,’” Claire instructed Us. “We’re wanting ahead to it.”
Whereas the couple will get a comfy Christmas collectively, Claire mentioned there might be loads of household time “the weekend after” on the couple’s residence in California.
It’s an additional particular vacation season for the Kittles, who’ve teamed up with eyewear line Zenni Optical to unveil their newest line of 30 recent types for each women and men.
“They’re simply actually nice,” Claire mentioned of the model. “They offer again to the group within the Bay Space. They do quite a lot of workshops within the space with the Niners that we get to be part of. George and I’ve our palms in the complete design course of. We decide and select what we like, and ship them our personal inspirations. It’s been actually enjoyable for George and I to get to do this collectively.”
For extra on the Kittles’ line with Zenni, which begins at simply $35.95, go to the model’s web site.


