It’s been over ten months since San Francisco 49ers linebacker Kwon Alexander was on an NFL field. He tore his ACL on October 21 of last year. Tonight, he returns to the field for the first time. Alexander spoke to NBC Sports’ Jennifer Lee Chan earlier this week, and said this when asked if it was tough to look ahead to the Week 1 matchup against his former team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
“It’s hard, it’s hard. But you know, I take it one day at a time.