49ers to sign Los Angeles Chargers LB and the reason surprises fans

The San Francisco 49ers are marking previous Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Eric Kendricks to a one-year bargain, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday.

Kendricks is supposed to attempt to assist the 49ers with supplanting Dre Greenlaw, who tore his Achilles during the Super Bowl.

A group commander who completed second on the Chargers with 117 handles last season, Kendricks was delivered by Los Angeles as a compensation cap setback Walk 5 in the wake of joining the group on a two-year, $13.25 million agreement before the 2023 season. The Chargers saved $6.5 million with Kendricks’ delivery.

The 32-year-old linebacker had 3.5 sacks and a constrained bobble in 2023. He has posted in excess of 100 handles in eight back to back seasons.

Kendricks, a 2015 second-round pick, played eight seasons for the Minnesota Vikings before he was delivered after the 2022 offseason. He had a group driving 137 handles with Minnesota in 2022, beginning each of the 17 games.

He was chosen to his possibly Master Bowl in 2019 when he likewise was a first-group All-Ace determination. For his vocation, Kendricks has 1,036 handles and 18.5 sacks in 132 games (127 beginnings).