Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the 49ers are expected to sign linebacker Mychal Kendricks Monday. Kendricks is at 49ers headquarters and should sign after he passes a physical, per Rapoport. The former Seahawks, Eagles, and Washington linebacker played SAM for the Niners this past training camp before he was released due to an injury.
The 49ers hosted Kendricks on October 4 after Dre Greenlaw went down with an injury. Defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans has familiarity with Kendricks from going against him when Kendricks was with the Eagles. Kendricks experience makes him a slight upgrade over Marcell Harris — who has played SAM on defense the previous two games — and Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles.