San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle was back on the field Sunday against the Green Bay Packers after sitting out two weeks with ankle and knee injuries.
But he was far from healthy.
Following a huge effort from Kittle in a 37-8 drubbing of the Packers, Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan detailed what the Iowa product has been dealing with. According to Shanahan, Kittle suffered a bone chip on his ankle on the first play of the 49ers’ 28-25 win against the Cardinals in Arizona on Oct. 31.
“It’s like a piece of tree bark came off, like it was just a shaved part of the bone came off and when you do that it’s still stable.