George Kittle had a huge game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night after missing two games due to ankle and knee injuries, a six-catch, 129-yard contest that included a 61-yard score.
Yet the reports — per ESPN — indicated that he broke a bone in his ankle against the Arizona Cardinals back in Week 9, something he played through in that game.
Before the game, head coach Kyle Shanahan said he would have designated Kittle as “doubtful,” but the tight end came into the SNF matchup and played.
After Kittle’s incredible performance, Shanahan described exactly what was going on, and it sounds awful. Via the Sacramento Bee:
“It’s like a piece of tree bark came off,” Shanahan said. “It was just a shaved part of the bone came off and when you do that, it’s still stable. You can’t break it worse and you’re able to go with it, but it’s extremely painful.”
“It’s football. It’s fine,” Kittle also said. “It’s a mindset. You just have to go out and play football. That’s all it is.”
Look at what he was doing on that ankle:
Wow.
