San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle during an NFL game.
The San Francisco 49ers got their kicker taken care of before free agency, and George Kittle wasted little time making sure Eddy Pineiro heard from him, too. Afternews broke that Pineiro agreed to a four-year, $17 million extension with $10 million guaranteed, Kittle’s reaction making the rounds online was a playful but very specific one: he wanted Pineiro to get “a profile pic that’s not AI.”
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#49ers George Kittle wants Eddy Pineiro to have an official profile picture now that he locked in a contract extension with the squad for 4 years 😅💀
Kittle’s comment, shown in a post circulating on 49ers social channels, came after Pineiro secured the new deal that keeps him from reaching the market ahead of the NFL’s negotiating window, which opens Monday before the new league year begins Wednesday. That timing matters because San Francisco entered the weekend with special teams continuity as one of its more pressing loose ends.
Key Points
George Kittle’s request to Eddy Pineiro was simple: update the profile picture.
Pineiro agreed to a four-year, $17 million extension with $10 million guaranteed.
The 49ers got the deal done before Pineiro could hit free agency next week.
49ers News: Eddy Pineiro Signs Contract Extension
Pineiro’s extension was first reported with the contract terms at four years and $17 million, including $10 million guaranteed. That keeps one of San Francisco’s biggest special teams priorities off the board before the legal tampering period begins.
San Francisco’s urgency made sense after former kicker Jake Moody struggled through 2025, when he missed 10 of 34 field-goal attempts before the team moved on.
The move also lines up with what general managerJohn Lynch said at the NFL Scouting Combine. Lynch made it clear the 49ers had strong interest in retaining Pineiro and said, “I don’t know if a guy could have come in and done any better. He was fantastic for us.” He also confirmed the team would not use the franchise tag on the veteran kicker.
Why does that matter today beyond the social-media joke? Because San Francisco avoided letting a priority specialist test the market at the same moment teams around the league are setting budgets for free agency. The 49ers had already worked on keeping long snapper Jon Weeks, while punter/holder Thomas Morstead remained unsigned as of the weekend, so locking in Pineiro gives the club at least partial continuity on a unit that improved in 2025.
Eddy Pineiro Stats
Pineiro earned this extension with production He made 28 of 29 field-goal attempts in 2025, good for a 96.6% success rate, and his only miss was a 64-yard try that hit the crossbar. He also connected on a 59-yarder and finished the year with 118 points.
There is also depth-chart impact here. By getting Pineiro signed before the market opened, the 49ers removed kicker from the immediate offseason to-do list and can focus more attention on other roster priorities. That is a meaningful shift for a team entering the March free-agency window with several bigger decisions still looming.
What Happens Next for the 49ers?
With Pineiro signed, the 49ers head into the start of the negotiating window with one important box checked. The next question is whether they can keep building continuity on special teams and then shift resources toward bigger roster needs before the new league year starts Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET.
For now, though, one of the more entertaining responses to the news still belongs to Kittle. Fans got the contract update, the timeline, and the locker-room reaction all at once, plus a reminder that Pineiro may now have some profile-maintenance duties to handle.