On Monday evening, the San Francisco 49ers pushed their record on the 2025 NFL season to an impressive 8-4 with a comfortable home win over the Carolina Panthers in prime time. It was a disastrous day overall for Brock Purdy and the 49ers' offense, but thankfully, the team's defense came to play, holding Carolina out of the endzone for the entirety of the game.

It's been an injury-filled year for the 49ers on both sides of the ball, but particularly on defense, where they are playing without star linebacker Fred Warner, among many others.

On Wednesday, the team made a move to add to its depth on that end of the field.

“The 49ers signed veteran LB Eric Kendricks to the practice squad,” reported NFL insider Tom Pelissero on X, formerly Twitter. Article Continues Below

Kendricks is

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