With Christian McCaffrey out, the 49ers have gone from No. 1 to No. 25 in red-zone offense. That's where their dynamic tight end comes in.
Ever the showman, George Kittle soared through the air during pregame warm-ups, dunking an imaginary basketball over the goalpost to the delight of San Francisco 49ers' fans, who were egging him on from the stands. The flashy move was a foreshadowing of things to come two weeks ago against the Arizona Cardinals. Kittle would score in the same end zone on a 4-yard pass from quarterback Brock Purdy.
' San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan said the touchdowns are part of his offense's evolution in that area of the field without McCaffrey. 'The hard thing with the red zone, there's not one thing,' Shanahan said postgame on Sunday. 'There's a few plays could have been more decisive on and had, but that's not the whole red-zone struggles.
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