Greg Kittle addressed his devastating Achilles injury for the first time in a post on Instagram on Monday.
The 49ers star popped his Achilles during the second quarter of San Francisco’s 23-18 wild-card win over the Eagles on Sunday night.
“Football sucks sometimes,” Kittle wrote in a post on Instagram accompanied by a carousel of photos. “But I love it. I love these guys and this team. Heartbroken but have felt so much love and support from everyone reaching out. I’ll be good. Thank you. We aren’t done yet! Also when your team owner is the first person to meet you in the locker room, you know you’re in a special place.”
The post included a photo of Kittle with his wife, Claire, inside the 49ers training room as well as a picture of the Niners tight end being carted off the field.
Claire shared Kittle’s post on her Instagram story and wrote, “My real life super hero.”
Kittle suffered the injury with 5:58 left in the second quarter after making a catch and being tackled near the sideline.
The 49er seemed to get his right ankle twisted as he was being taken out of bounds and Kittle quickly grabbed for his ankle.
Niners owner Jed York went down to visit Kittle in the locker room after he had suffered the injury and, according to The San Francisco Standard, the tight end was asked if York could get him anything.
A bottle of tequila was reportedly delivered to the locker room several minutes later.
The Athletic reported that a team staffer delivered a bottle of Patron from the owner’s suite and that Kittle finished the entire bottle.
Kittle had been limited this season due to injury and had played in 11 games during the regular season.
He had 57 receptions for 628 yards and seven touchdowns.
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