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San Francisco 49ers fans suffered a devastating blow when George Kittle suffered a torn Achilles tendon on Sunday, but the star tight end’s wife may have been the hardest.
Claire Kittle and Kyle Juszczyk’s wife, Kristin, shared their game day memories 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 hugs his wife Claire Kittle on the sidelines 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 her suite told Claire it was probably an Achilles injury after watching a replay. She then let out an emphatic “F—” and watched in shock as her husband was carried off the field.
“It’s all screwed up. What is that, a year?” -Claire asked. “All next year too. It doesn’t make any fucking 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 due to the Niners’ 23-19 victory to advance to the divisional round. He was then seen on camera singing “Linger” by The Cranberries and “One Lantern” by The Wallflowers on a bus to the airport.
“See you next year,” Kittle told the cameras.
George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers leaves 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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“All I felt was disbelief and stillness as I screamed, get up, get up, over and over again. He always gets up. He’s George, he can do all the things. He just does it. It hurts. There’s no preparation for it. I love this man with everything I have in me. He’s a unicorn in this world, and he’ll come back stronger and better than ever,” Claire he captioned an Instagram post showing her and the 49ers star in the training room and on the sidelines at Lincoln Financial Field.
“The mind of a heartbroken athlete is determined. He is helpless, and so is this entire team. I am proud of these guys and the courage they fight with every week. It is a special year, you can feel it and we are 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 journey.”
Kittle had to deal with injuries during the regular season, limiting him to 11 games. He still recorded 628 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.
George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers leaves 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 pm ET.
