Sources: Niners put Kittle on IR, to waive Moody

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With 4 games scheduled successful the adjacent 23 days, the San Francisco 49ers are placing choky extremity George Kittle connected injured reserve with a hamstring injury, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter connected Tuesday.

Kittle, who suffered the wounded successful the archetypal fractional of Sunday's triumph against the Seattle Seahawks, volition miss games astatine New Orleans, location against Arizona and Jacksonville and astatine the Los Angeles Rams. The past of those games is acceptable for Thursday Night Football, which made the determination to spot Kittle connected IR a spot much academic.

The Niners besides are making a alteration astatine kicker, arsenic they are acceptable to waive Jake Moody, a root told ESPN connected Tuesday. The determination comes aft Moody missed a 27-yard tract extremity and had a 36-yard effort blocked against Seattle.

Niners manager Kyle Shanahan said Monday that a enactment connected IR for Kittle was nether consideration.

"When they archer maine a fewer weeks, it's ever a possibility," Shanahan said. "In bid to bash that, it's got to beryllium a four-week injury."

Under league guidelines for players returning from injured reserve, the earliest Kittle could instrumentality would beryllium for the Oct. 12 crippled astatine the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Coming disconnected a Thursday nighttime crippled against the Rams, Kittle would besides person immoderate further clip to remainder and recover.

Shanahan besides hinted Monday that a determination with Moody could beryllium successful the offing.

"There's options, conscionable whether it's enactment the presumption quo, bringing successful guys for workouts, signifier squad, but we're going done each that worldly close now," Shanahan said. "I cognize the unit section is going to look into each that worldly and springiness america those options."

With Kittle out, the 49ers person 2 choky ends -- Luke Farrell and Jake Tonges -- connected the roster and could usage fullback Kyle Juszczyk astatine choky extremity a spot more. Juszczyk has been taking portion successful choky extremity meetings for astir of grooming campy and the preseason.

The Niners besides person Brayden Willis connected the signifier squad. He is an enactment to beryllium elevated with Kittle retired with Shanahan saying the Niners "wouldn't hesitate" to bring him up if needed.

Kittle near Sunday's crippled with 10:06 near successful the 2nd 4th with the hamstring wounded aft moving a way heavy down Seattle's sideline connected a play that ended with Seahawks information Julian Love sacking backmost Brock Purdy. Kittle dilatory hobbled backmost to the Niners sideline and was soon ruled retired aft making 4 catches for 25 yards and a touchdown to unfastened the game.

The Niners primitively selected Moody successful the 3rd circular (No. 99 overall) successful the 2023 draft. At the time, the Niners hoped they had recovered a semipermanent replacement f...