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49ers' early season hero has all but disappeared from the offense

If one remembers all the way back to Week 1 in Seattle against the Seahawks, the San Francisco 49ers received some unlikely heroics from backup tight end Jake Tonges.

Now, toward the end of the season, he's barely a factor at all on offense.

Obviously, the reason why the Los Gatos native was even in a position to make a miracle catch in the closing minutes of that Seahawks game in Week 1 was because George Kittle went down with a hamstring injury earlier in the contest.

Tonges stepped up in that game and was a big factor early in the season with Kittle out for several weeks.