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San Francisco 49ers fans suffered a devastating blow when George Kittle went down with a torn Achilles tendon on Sunday, but the star tight end’s wife may have taken the situation the hardest.
Claire Kittle and Kyle Juszczyk’s wife, Kristin, shared her memories of game day on an Instagram page called “Wifed Up Mic’d Up,” and the page captured Claire’s live reaction to her husband’s injury.
“Get up. Get up,” Claire pleaded as her husband lay on the grass at Lincoln Financial Field.
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San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle kisses his wife Claire Kittle on the sideline before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams at Levi’s Stadium on December 12, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)
Someone else in their suite told Claire it was probably an Achilles injury after seeing a replay. She then let out an emphatic “F—” and watched in shock as her husband was carried off the field.
“It’s all fucked up. What’s a year?” » asked Claire. “All of next year too. That doesn’t make any sense.”
The video then told viewers that the Kittles spent the rest of the game together in the locker room.
Despite the injury, Kittle was in “good spirits,” likely because of the Niners’ 23-19 victory to advance to the divisional round. He was later seen on camera singing “Linger” by The Cranberries and “One Flashlight” by The Wallflowers on a bus to the airport.
“See you next year,” Kittle told the cameras.
George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers is carried off the field during the second quarter of the NFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on January 11, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Elsa/Getty Images)
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“Disbelief and calm was all I felt as I screamed, stood up, stood up, again and again. He always gets up. He’s George, he can do anything. He does it. It hurts. There’s no preparation. I love this man with everything I have in me. He’s a unicorn in this world, and he will come back stronger and better than ever,” Claire captioned an Instagram post showing her and the 49ers star in the practice room and on the sidelines at Lincoln Financial Field.
“The spirit of a broken-hearted athlete is determined. He can’t do it and so can this entire team. I’m proud of these guys and the courage they come together to fight with every week. This is a special year, you can feel it and we’re not done yet. Thank you for loving G and carrying some of this pain for us,” she wrote.
Kittle responded to his wife’s post with his own message of gratitude, commenting, “You are the best teammate for this trip.”
Kittle suffered injuries during the regular season, which limited him to 11 games. He still recorded 628 receiving yards and had seven touchdowns.
George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers is carried off the field during the second quarter of the NFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on January 11, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
The Niners will face their division rivals, the Seattle Seahawks, on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
