49ers’ George Kittle: ‘I’ll call you Sunday to let you know I’m alive coach’

Kyle Shanahan is avoiding social media in the 49ers’ pre-draft preparation, so consider this a civic duty to use the following space to share a George Kittle tweet Monday.

But before we do, let’s explain a couple things:

First,  Shanahan was asked in his video press conference if Jimmy Garoppolo would be on the roster Sunday, after the draft had concluded with a quarterback in tow from the No. 3 pick.

“I can’t guarantee that anybody will be alive Sunday,” Shanahan quipped, “so I can’t guarantee who will be on our roster on Sunday. So that goes for all of us.”

Ah yes, immortality, the most honest answer he or general manager John Lynch gave Monday.

It spurred Kittle to tweet: “I’ll call you Sunday to let you know I’m alive coach.”

Garoppolo’s Twitter and Instagram accounts, by the way, have not shown any life this offseason. He himself, however, is partaking in the 49ers’ voluntary offseason video sessions, Shanahan and Lynch said.

And while the 49ers unveiled a 75th-anniversary logo for this coming season, perhaps their motto should become: “Stayin’ Alive, 2021 style.”