{"id":69199,"date":"2022-09-07T22:55:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T22:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/san-francisco-49ers-george-kittle-misses-practice-because-of-groin-injury\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T22:55:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T22:55:56","slug":"san-francisco-49ers-george-kittle-misses-practice-because-of-groin-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/san-francisco-49ers-george-kittle-misses-practice-because-of-groin-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco 49ers&#8217; George Kittle misses practice because of groin injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SANTA CLARA, Calif.  &#8212; San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle did not practice Wednesday because of a groin injury, leaving his status up in the air for Sunday&#8217;s season opener against the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<p>Niners coachyle Shanahan said Kittle K the injury in Monday&#8217;s &#8220;bonus&#8221; practice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure [the extent of the injury],&#8221; Shanahan said Wednesday. &#8220;I was hoping he would be good today.  He did it a little bit on Monday and not feeling good today, so we&#8217;ll have to see day by day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Niners were cautious with Kittle during training camp after he missed three games last season with a calf injury.  He got an extra day off here and there in an effort to keep him healthy going into the season.<\/p>\n<p>Kittle hasn&#8217;t played a full season since 2018 because of foot, knee and hamstring injuries.<\/p>\n<p>He had 71 receptions for 910 yards six touchdowns in 14 games last season.  If Kittle is unable to play against the Bears, the Niners have Charlie Woerner, Ross Dwelley and Tyler Kroft available on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere on the injury front, Niners offensive lineman Daniel Brunskill (hamstring) was listed as a nonparticipant in practice.  Linebacker Dre Greenlaw (elbow) was listed as a limited participant and wore a blue no-contact jersey for the session.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA CLARA, Calif. &#8212; San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle did not practice Wednesday because of a groin injury, leaving his status up in the air for Sunday&#8217;s season opener against the Chicago Bears. Niners coachyle Shanahan said Kittle K the injury in Monday&#8217;s &#8220;bonus&#8221; practice. &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure [the extent of the injury],&#8221; &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/san-francisco-49ers-george-kittle-misses-practice-because-of-groin-injury\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">San Francisco 49ers&#8217; George Kittle misses practice because of groin injury<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[7579,46,423,4767],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72670,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/source-49ers-te-george-kittle-groin-not-expected-to-play-vs-bears-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":69199,"position":0},"title":"Source &#8212; 49ers TE George Kittle (groin) not expected to play vs.  bears","date":"September 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle is not expected to play Sunday against the Chicago Bears due to a groin injury, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.Kittle injured the groin in a light practice on Monday and has not been able to get back on the field for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":72531,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/source-49ers-te-george-kittle-groin-not-expected-to-play-vs-bears\/","url_meta":{"origin":69199,"position":1},"title":"Source &#8212; 49ers TE George Kittle (groin) not expected to play vs.  bears","date":"September 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle is not expected to play Sunday against the Chicago Bears due to a groin injury, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.Kittle injured the groin in a light practice on Monday and has not been able to get back on the field for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70250,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/49ers-injury-news-george-kittle-has-a-grade-2-groin-strain-thats-limiting-his-top-end-speed\/","url_meta":{"origin":69199,"position":2},"title":"49ers injury news: George Kittle has a Grade 2 groin strain that&#8217;s limiting his top-end speed","date":"September 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"For the second day in a row, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle didn't practice with a groin injury that began bothering him during Monday's practice. And when the Niners signed tight end Troy Fumagalli to the practice squad Wednesday, that was the first hint that Kittle could miss\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69260,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/49ers-news-george-kittle-is-day-to-day-with-a-groin-injury-49ers-name-6-captains\/","url_meta":{"origin":69199,"position":3},"title":"49ers news: George Kittle is day-to-day with a groin injury;  49ers name 6 captains","date":"September 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Kyle's update, 4:37 PM PT: Here's a look at the 49ers' first official injury report of the season: DNP - TE George Kittle (groin)OL Daniel Brunskill (hamstrings) limited - LB Dre Greenlaw (elbow) full participation - DL Arik Armstead (knee)LB Oren Burks (knee)QB Jimmy Garoppolo (right shoulder)T Mike McGlinchey (knee)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":71633,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/49ers-injury-news-kittle-officially-questionable-for-sundays-season-opener-against-the-bears\/","url_meta":{"origin":69199,"position":4},"title":"49ers injury news: Kittle officially questionable for Sunday&#8217;s season opener against the Bears","date":"September 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The 49ers' final injury report is out, and tight end George Kittle, who did not participate in practice all week, is officially questionable: out G Daniel Brunskill (hamstrings) questionable Friday TE George Kittle (groin) Shanahan didn't recall if Kittle had suited up for a regular season game despite not practicing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":71016,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kyle-shanahan-trying-to-think-positively-on-george-kittle\/","url_meta":{"origin":69199,"position":5},"title":"Kyle Shanahan &#8220;trying to think positively&#8221; on George Kittle","date":"September 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Getty Images 49ers tight end George Kittle missed a second straight practice on Thursday with a groin injury and that leaves his status for Sunday's opener against the Bears very much up in the air.Head coach Kyle Shanahan was asked about Kittle's availability during an appearance on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"San Francisco 49ers v Houston Texans","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1419208492-e1662734932284.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2021\/1205\/r947100_1296x729_16-9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}