The 49ers proceed so as to add depth to their line of defense.
Mike Garofolo of NFL Community reported Thursday that San Francisco agreed to phrases with former Colts defensive finish Kemoko Turay.
The report comes simply over per week after Turay had a free company go to with the 49ers.
A second-round choice of Indianapolis in 2018, accidents have restricted Turay to solely 38 video games throughout his first 4 seasons. When wholesome, Turay has been productive, ending with 4 sacks in 14 video games as a rookie and a career-high 5.5 sacks in 13 video games a season in the past.
With the addition of Turay, San Francisco now has 14 defensive linemen on the roster and 11 who could make a robust case for being on the roster.
San Francisco usually carries ten defensive linemen on the ultimate 53-man roster, so who is perhaps the odd man out?
The primary title that involves thoughts is Samson Ebukam.
After bouncing between linebacker and defensive finish throughout his time with Los Angeles, Ebukam was capable of focus solely on enhancing at one place. In consequence, the 2021 free-agent addition got here on robust over the second half of the season.
The 49ers are up towards the wage cap, and shifting on from Ebukam for a participant with the same talent set would save San Francisco $6.5 million in cap house.
An alternative choice is San Francisco opening an additional roster spot by going with solely two quarterbacks, Trey Lance and Nate Sudfeld. Kyle Shanahan has carried out this up to now, and the free-agent quarterback market is skinny for the time being.
Going this route might assist a 49ers defensive entrance that wants all of the move rushers it could actually discover.
San Francisco’s protection in 2022 will face a number of prime quarterbacks. They’ll be taking over Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, and Justin Herbert at Levi’s Stadium, and that’s simply the out-of-division residence video games. Additionally they will journey to face Derek Carr and Russell Wilson and have Matthew Stafford and Kyler Murray on the schedule twice every.
