Tight end George Kittle will not play in Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams, the team announced Saturday. Kittle has a hamstring injury and was originally listed as questionable, but was downgraded to out after an evaluation on Saturday.

Tight end George Kittle will play no part in the San Francisco 49ers’ Week 3 clash with the Los Angeles Rams, having picked up a hamstring injury that has left him unable to participate in practice since Wednesday.

Tight end George Kittle was downgraded to ‘out’ after originally being listed as doubtful on the team’s Friday injury report. It was always unlikely he was going to play after popping up on the practice report as a non-participant Thursday and Friday because of a hamstring injury.