{"id":214041,"date":"2025-09-09T23:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/214041\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T23:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:23:09","slug":"49ers-put-te-george-kittle-on-injured-reserve-out-at-least-4-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/214041\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers put TE George Kittle on injured reserve, out at least 4 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Dianna Russini, Vic Tafur and Matt Barrows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle will miss at least four games, as the team is placing him on injured reserve with a hamstring injury, a league source said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that Kittle would miss at least a few games after being forced out of Sunday\u2019s season-opening win over the Seahawks in Seattle. The 49ers visit the New Orleans Saints on Sunday before home games against the Arizona Cardinals and Jacksonville Jaguars and a trip to face the Los Angeles Rams on a Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>By placing Kittle on IR, the 49ers will avoid the temptation to bring him back on a short week to face the Rams. He will be eligible to return Oct. 12 for the Week 6 game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, wide receiver Jauan Jennings is day to day after scans on his injured shoulder came back clean, a league source said. He could play Sunday against the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Kittle, whom Shanahan said was the focal point of the game plan against the Seahawks, had four catches on four targets for 25 yards and a touchdown before pulling up after run blocking early in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Backup Luke Farrell, whom the 49ers signed from the Jaguars for three years and $15.75 million for his blocking prowess, had a 4-yard catch on fourth-and-2 in the third quarter. Then Tonges \u2014 who did not have an NFL regular-season reception entering Sunday \u2014 had three catches for 15 yards on the game-winning drive, including a snag on a pass that he thought Purdy might have been throwing away, which wound up being the game-winning touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose guys stepped up big, man, especially to end it with the game winner,\u201d Shanahan said.<\/p>\n<p>Kittle, who turns 32 next month, has missed eight games over the past four seasons, including two last year with an ankle injury. He was poised for a huge 2025 season, given that he was in great shape, had great timing and rapport with Purdy and that the 49ers are down a couple of receivers, if not more.<\/p>\n<p>Practice squad tight end Brayden Willis is a likely candidate to fill Kittle\u2019s spot on the 53-man roster. Mac Jones, who could start against the Saints with Brock Purdy battling toe and shoulder injuries, had a good rapport with Willis during training camp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Photo: Joe Nicholson \/ Imagn Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dianna Russini, Vic Tafur and Matt Barrows San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle will miss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":214042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[29287,1232,9005,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-214041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-fantasy-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}