Kittle is dealing with a "mid-to-low ankle sprain," per the report, which still leaves his status in doubt ahead of Sunday's game against the Bears. But he's reportedly avoided the high-ankle sprain diagnosis that frequently comes with multi-week absences.
The San Francisco 49ers reportedly good relatively good news ahead of the critical stretch run of their season.
Per ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, All-Pro tight end George Kittle avoided a high-ankle sprain in Monday's win over the Indianapolis Colts. Kittle is dealing with a "mid-to-low ankle sprain," per the report, which still leaves his status in doubt ahead of Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.
But he's reportedly avoided the high-ankle sprain diagnosis that frequently comes with multi-week absences.
When healthy this season, Kittle has been at his peak form and arguably the best tight end in the NFL. He was in the midst of one of his best games of the season when he left Monday's game late in the third quarter with an ankle injury. The precise nature of the injury was not clear in the aftermath of San Francisco's 48-27 win.
Kittle tallied a game-high 7 catches for 115 yards and 1 touchdown prior to his exit.
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