SANTA CLARA — The ever-positive George Kittle says there’s no reason to worry about the extra padding he has been wearing around his waist since Week 16.
“I feel great and can’t wait to play Saturday,” the 49ers' star tight end told NBC Sports Bay Area on Wednesday.
Kittle wore the extra padding in the 49ers’ final two games of the regular season against the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks. It appears very similar to what he wore during the second half of the 2018 season after he sustained a rib cartilage injury in Week 9.