Tight end George Kittle’s recovery is on track from core-muscle surgery and the 49ers are still on a Super Bowl path, he insists.
San Fransisco 49ers’ George Kittle speaks during a press conference at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, May 29, 2024. SANTA CLARA – George Kittle offered a blunt assessment of this year’s 49ers: “Ready to win. I’d say that’s the state of the franchise. We need to win now.”
“How I put it past me is I still wake up every day and I get to play football and I have another opportunity to go at it again this season,” said Kittle, a two-time First-Team All-Pro, a five-time Pro Bowler and the 49ers’ most prolific tight end ever. Three months ago, Kittle underwent core-muscle surgery in Palm Beach, Fla. with the same doctor who performed a similar procedure a week earlier on cornerback Charvarius Ward.
In the Super Bowl, he made a 4-yard catch-and-lunge on fourth-and-3, keeping alive a go-ahead, fourth-quarter drive that culminated in a Purdy touchdown pass to Jauan Jennings . Kittle had one other catch , and he had to temporarily leave the field for part of the 49ers’ overtime possession of that loss to Kansas City.
One familiar face has returned: wide receiver Trent Taylor, one of Kittle’s best friends and a fellow 2017 fifth-round draft pick. Taylor has lived in Kittle’s South Bay home this month and they’ve carpooled to work for organized team activities, where Taylor is again impressing as a slot receiver and punt returner..
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