| George Kittle playing through torn labrum Refuses to undergo surgery on 2018 shoulder injury By: Mike Krueger | Jan 27 2020, 9:40 pm
| George Kittle injured his right shoulder in a 2018 preseason game. He refuses to get it fixed. The 49ers tight end revealed on Pardon My Take podcast that he has played the past two seasons with a torn labrum, which is why he wears a gray protective sleeve.
"So I dislocated my shoulder last year," Kittle said, "and my labrum is completely torn. So I don't get surgery on it - [The protective sleeve] basically helps me, so it doesn’t hurt all the time."
He said there’s “no chance” he gets surgery on his shoulder. (PFT - Charean Williams)
FFToday's Take: Kittle is cut from a different cloth. The fact he has played 30 of 32 games with the injury is amazing in and of itself, but to do so while also playing at an All-Pro level is something entirely different. It's more likely than not he'll undergo surgery at some point down the road, but there appears to be no reason to worry about him for fantasy purposes if he doesn't.
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