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Kittle will play no further part this season after suffering an Achilles injury. The TE remains upbeat as one reporter noted.
The 49ers will be playing in the divisional round of the playoffs, but they won't have tight end George Kittle in Seattle and it will be quite some time before he's ready to play football again.
All-Pro tight end George Kittle suffered a torn Achilles tendon in Sunday's wild-card win over the Philadelphia Eagles. Head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed the nature of the injury in his postgame news conference. "The trainers knew before the cart came out and got word to me in the headset," Shanahan told reporters. "Yes, a torn Achilles."
George Kittle has opened up after a torn Achilles ended his season early. The San Francisco 49ers tight end suffered the season-ending lower-leg injury in