{"id":880799,"date":"2026-09-02T14:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/880799\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:12:23","slug":"george-kittle-injury-update-provided-in-new-nfl-rumors-latest-on-49ers-stars-status-vs-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/880799\/","title":{"rendered":"George Kittle Injury Update Provided in New NFL Rumors, Latest on 49ers Star&#8217;s Status vs. Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will travel with the team to Australia for its opener against the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 10, according to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2095126721615831249\">Ian Rapoport<\/a> of ESPN and NFL Network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Rapoport reported the seven-time Pro Bowler &#8220;is trending in the right direction to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Kittle suffered a torn Achilles in San Francisco&#8217;s NFC Wild Card Round win over the Philadelphia Eagles. After undergoing surgery, he <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47663786\/niners-te-george-kittle-eyes-early-return-achilles-tear\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">suggested to reporters<\/a> he could suit up again &#8220;well before November.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The 32-year-old is on pace to comfortably hit that timeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Whether Kittle is activated for Week 1 is obviously up in the air. He practiced with the team Tuesday, which was an encouraging sign in his ongoing recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">San Francisco overhauled its receiving corps this offseason. The team signed Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel and also used a second-round pick on De&#8217;Zhaun Stribling. That turnover is compounded by the fact Ricky Pearsall already suffered a season-ending knee injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Kittle remains a dependable target when healthy. He had 57 receptions for 628 yards and seven touchdowns in his 11 appearances in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The rapport he has established with quarterback Brock Purdy is even more important, too, given how many new pieces the Niners added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Having Kittle available for the opener would be a big luxury for the offense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will travel with the team to Australia for its opener against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-880799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}