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George Kittle's return meant everything for 49ers (despite no catches)

George Kittle was back, and the impact in one phase of the 49ers game was immediate.

Atlanta Falcons v San Francisco 49ers | Lachlan Cunningham/GettyImages

Like most men of my generation, I tend to reduce most of my life decisions and opinions to quotes from Moneyball.

George Kittle's performance on Sunday Night Football against the Atlanta Falcons could be summed up as one of those.

"Billy..." (my name's actually John, but let's go with it...) "George had no catches, didn't impact the passing game at all, and he didn't appear in the box score.