Team news: San Francisco 49ers

49ers TE George Kittle is inactive for Sunday Night Football against the Bears.

Kittle did not practice all week due to a sprained ankle and is now officially out for a key Sunday night game. Jake Tonges will step in as the top tight end and has some streaming potential if you are in a pinch. Elsewhere, WR Ricky Pearsall is active.

49ers are listing TE George Kittle and WR Ricky Pearsall as questionable for Sunday night’s game against the Bears.

Related Players: Jake Tonges, Jauan Jennings, Kendrick Bourne, Demarcus Robinson

Jennings has really come along over the last month-plus so we should still expect him to be a very solid fantasy asset, whether Pearsall is in or not. As for Kittle, we need to have a contingency plan since they don't play until Monday night. Colston Loveland would be a fantastic option on the other sideline if he's available.

49ers John Lynch on KNBR:

George Kittle likely a game-time decision Sunday night on if he can rush back from MNF ankle injury to face Bears

Fred Warner excelling at his ankle rehab where 49ers re-examining a potential playoff comeback

Related Players: Jake Tonges

Phew, this is a rough one considering it's the final game of the Fantasy Championships. The safest play is likely to find a TE streamer you can plug in, but if you want to roll the dice with Kittle, make sure you have either Colston Loveland, Cole Kmet, or Jake Tonges on your roster. We would rank them in viability in the order listed.

49ers tight end George Kittle is dealing with a “mid-to-low ankle sprain,” per source.

Kittle said, and we reported it this morning, he believed he avoided a high ankle sprain. While that's the case, his status is at least up in the air for now for Week 17. As we also said this morning, the Niners play the Sunday night game, so things could get tricky for Kittle owners in what is likely their fantasy finals.

San Francisco tight end George Kittle didn’t sound overly concerned about his ankle injury after Monday night’s win over the Colts, but he didn’t appreciate either the way he was tackled on the play, or the quality of the field in Indianapolis he was playing on.

“My concern level? I don’t think it’s a high-ankle sprain, so we’ll take it one day at a time and go from there,” Kittle said.

Kittle said he suffered the injury on what he believes was an illegal hip-drop tackle in the second quarter. He also said the artificial turf at Lucas Oil Stadium was an issue, according to the story. That aside, fantasy owners counting on him in the finals will have to monitor his progress at practice this week, on what is a short week. On top of that, the Niners won't play until Sunday night, at home in a big game against the Bears. Kittle owners may want to have a backup plan just in case.

The 49ers ruled out WR Ricky Pearsall for Monday night’s game against the Colts with an ankle injury.

Pearsall is dealing with the ankle and knee injuries suffered in Week 15, the knee injury being a reaggravation of his Week 4 knee injury. The 49ers will hope to get Pearsall back for Week 17 against the Bears.

49ers HC Kyle Shanahan said "there is a concern" with WR Ricky Pearsall's injury status.

The post went on to say Shanahan said it, "shouldn't rule him out for this week." The knee combined with the ankle makes it tough, according to the rest of the post. While it sounds like Pearsall could still play in Week 16, it's a bit of a different toon from earlier today when there didn't seem to be a concern. For what it's worth, Pearsall's injury was compared to QB Mac Jones dealing with a similar knee issue. Shanahan added, "It's real painful for awhile but it can go away. Not at all like it was when he first did it but it does take time for that pain to go away. Hopefully sooner than later."

49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall dealt with a couple of injuries during Sunday’s victory over the Titans, but it sounds like he should be OK moving forward.

Pearsall suffered an ankle injury during San Francisco’s first offensive possession and was able to return. He then aggravated a PCL injury later in the contest that sidelined him for the rest of the matchup, the story said. HC Kyle Shanahan was quoted in the story saying we'll know more as the week goes on, but thinks he'll also be OK from the irritated PCL injury from the past. Again, it will be worth monitoring this week to see what Pearsall's practice status will be.

49ers RB Christian McCaffrey is expected to play Sunday against the Titans after he was late add Saturday to the injury report with a back injury.

McCaffrey is listed as questionable and while late adds can be a 50/50 ball, it’s sounding like McCaffrey will be available for the start of your playoff run this week against the Titans in what should be a good matchup for him. CMC remains our No. 1 player this week.

Brady Cook, officially, will be the Jets starting QB on Sunday. Adrian Martinez is No. 2.

Tyrod Taylor and Justin Fields are both out, as expected.

Cook threw for 163 yards and two interceptions over 30 pass attempts in Week 14. We can safely leave him on waiver wires in all league sizes.