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49ers TE George Kittle (Achilles) didn't have a setbackAugust 31, 2026 | 03:45 PM

49ers tight end George Kittle is practicing this week and he's moving into team drills in the days leading up to their trip to Australia, so any worries that his return from a torn Achilles hit a snag should be put to rest. "I don't know exactly what I said there, but it was probably just me not speaking right," Shanahan said. "George has been great. He's passing everything. We're just getting him out with the team these three days and anytime when you come back out and practice with the team going against people and stuff -- I hope there's not a setback in that way. That has nothing to do with his injury or anything, that has to do with his coming back and practicing these three days. There was nothing that I meant to say that people looked into. If I did say that, it was an accident."