Eight linebackers have signed in free company:
Patrick Queen
Josey Jewell
Bobby Wagner
Jordan Hicks
Eric Kendricks
Lavonte David
Willie Homosexual Jr.
Anthony Walker Jr.
The San Francisco 49ers had initially thought they signed Erick Kendricks to a one-year deal. Kendricks ended up signing with the Dallas Cowboys and siding with Mike Zimmer.
There are few names left in free company. In response to Adam Schefter, Deon Bush is visiting the Cleveland Browns at this time. Devin White, Denzel Perryman, Zach Cunningham, Shaquille Leonard, Jarrad Davis, and Kwon Alexander are the opposite names out there.
The 49ers could use one among their third-round picks on a linebacker, nevertheless it’s not possible to inform who can be out there.
Texas A&M linebacker Edgerrin Cooper will doubtless be the primary chosen. He ran a low 4.5 40-yard sprint and has the entire athleticism on this planet, though I’m undecided he matches the invoice for what the Niners search for.
Payton Wilson from North Carolina State ran a 4.43 40-yard sprint, however he has a prolonged damage historical past, and that’s unlikely to enhance within the NFL.
To me, Michigan’s Junior Colson and Texas’s Jaylan Ford are the 2 greatest linebackers. Whether or not both is out there by the late third spherical is one other story.
The 49ers may take the Maliek Collins route, the place they discover a linebacker who’s within the closing 12 months or two of his contract and pry him away from his present membership for a late-round draft decide.
That could be essentially the most advantageous path to go. Discovering a Plan B for Dre Greenlaw is once more a precedence.