SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With four games scheduled in the next 23 days, the San Francisco 49ers placed tight end George Kittle on injured reserve with a hamstring injury Tuesday.

Kittle, who sustained the injury in the first half of Sunday's victory against the Seattle Seahawks , will miss games at New Orleans , home against Arizona and Jacksonville and at the Los Angeles Rams . The last of those games is set for "Thursday Night Football," which made the decision to place Kittle on IR a bit more academic.

Under league guidelines for players returning from injured reserve, the earliest Kittle could return would be for the Oct. 12 game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . Coming off a Thursday night game against the Rams, Kittle would also have some additional time to rest and recov

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