San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle appears to have turned wearing his “F-k Dallas” undershirt into a personal tradition. The founder of National Tight Ends Day made headlines last season when, after the 49ers’ final touchdown against the Cowboys, he revealed a shirt underneath his jersey that read “F-k Dallas” in his opponent’s colors – an homage to former Niner Gary Plummer’s shirt from the 1990s. The stunt cost him over $13,000. While Kittle scored against Dallas for the second season in a row, he did not repeat his celebration. However, some evidence indicates that he almost certainly wore the shirt during Sunday’s 30-24 win against the Cowboys. Fans first noticed this possibility during Kittle’s postgame interview with NBC that his teammate later crashed. As he was messing with his jersey, Kittle seemingly unintentionally revealed a part of his undershirt that was the exact same color as the fineable apparel. The top post on the 49ers’ subreddit was a side-by-side comparison of this partial undershirt with the famous image of Kittle lifting his jersey last season with the caption, “Is Kittle wearing what I think he’s wearing?”
More possible proof emerged Monday. CBS Sports Bay Area’s Matt Lively posted a video of the following interaction between Kittle and Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson. “I wore mine just for good luck, but I didn’t show it,” Kittle said. Ferguson’s response was inaudible, but he looked Kittle up and down with a smile, prompting the 49ers player to say, “No, please don’t. I can’t pay for that.”
Theoretically, this could be about anything, as the NFL’s personal apparel rules are pretty strict, and anything even narrowly out of line could be worthy of a fine. That being said, it’s hard to imagine anything else in Kittle’s wardrobe that would meet the criteria of a good luck charm against the Cowboys, a shirt he specifically says he didn’t show and something that would cost him money. While we don’t know for certain whether the “F-k Dallas” was under Kittle’s jersey Sunday, one thing is for sure: Whatever good luck clothing he wore certainly worked.
