The Facts: Kittle played 12 snaps in last week’s preseason finale. Kittle, though, isn’t practicing this week as he deals with a lingering groin injury. “It’s still lingering a little bit from when he has missed some time,” HC Kyle Shanahan said, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone. “And we’re not going to practice him today either, and hopefully, we can get him going on Monday.”

Diehards Line: Kittle missed the first two games of last season with a groin injury. He missed practice time during training camp with the strain, including sitting out joint practices with the Raiders. “I think there’s always concern when something persists, and this has kind of lingered,” GM John Lynch said Thursday on KNBR. Kittle has not played a full season since his second season of 2018, and he has missed 16 games in six seasons.